Private seal engraving refers to the act of an individual or other organization privately affixing the official seal of another enterprise. The official seal is the symbol of the legal representative of the unit, enterprise, institution, organization and school.
In order to prevent some lawless people from illegally engraving official seals, engaging in fraud, undermining public security management activities and infringing on the legitimate interests of units, enterprises, organizations and schools, the state has incorporated the engraving industry (including engraving factories, engraving shops, engraving booths, etc.). ) into the special industry, into the public security management.
For engraving units and individual employees who violate the state management regulations, depending on the nature and severity of the problem, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security according to law, or be investigated for criminal responsibility.
According to Article 280 of the Criminal Law, anyone who forges, alters, buys or sells or steals, seizes or destroys official documents, certificates and seals of state organs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. Whoever forges the seal of a company, enterprise, institution or people's organization shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
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Jurisprudential basis of the crime of engraving official seal privately;
(1) Article 52 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment.
(2) Articles 2 and 6 of the Interim Administrative Rules for Printing, Foundry and Engraving.
(3) Provisions of the State Council on the seals of state administrative organs, enterprises and institutions.
(4) Provisions on the Administration of the Seal of Social Organizations jointly issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security.
(5) The crime of forging the seal of a state organ in Article 280 of the Criminal Law; Crime of forging seals of companies, enterprises, institutions and people's organizations.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Crime of Engraving Official Seal