1, if you are caught playing mahjong, you will not be punished. Unless you participate in gambling, you will be punished by public security, and if the circumstances are serious, it will constitute a crime. If you are caught, it probably means that you have violated the rules. You can seek the help of lawyers and other professionals and follow the relevant policies.
2. Legal basis: Article 70 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law.
For the purpose of making profits, provide conditions for gambling, or participate in gambling in a large amount, be detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 3,000 yuan in 500 yuan.
Article 71
Anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for more than ten days and less than fifteen days, and may be fined not more than three thousand yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan:
(1) Illegally planting less than 500 opium poppies or a small amount of other drugs;
(2) illegally buying, selling, transporting, carrying or holding a small amount of seeds or seedlings of original plants of drugs such as opium poppy that have not been inactivated;
(3) illegally transporting, trading, storing or using a small amount of poppy shells.
Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and gives up before the legal age shall not be punished.
2. Is it illegal to play mahjong?
Playing mahjong itself is not illegal, it is an entertainment act, it is the freedom of citizens, and there is no constraint by law. However, if gambling activities are carried out in the name of playing mahjong, it violates the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment and can be fined and detained. If the circumstances are serious, he is suspected of gambling and should bear criminal responsibility.