According to the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law,
Article 42 Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means; (2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others; (3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others; (six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others. Article 43 Whoever beats another person or intentionally hurts his body shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan. Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and shall be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 1,000 yuan: (1) beating or injuring others in a gang; (2) Beating or injuring a disabled person, a pregnant woman, a person under the age of 14 or a person over the age of 60; (3) Beating or injuring others for many times or beating or injuring more than one person at a time.