According to Article 280 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), 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. Whoever forges or alters a resident identity card 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 seven years.
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The relevant requirements for impersonating others stipulate that:
1. The infringement of the right to name is mainly manifested in the interference, embezzlement and counterfeiting of others. If the above situation is found, the obligee may demand to stop the infringement, remove the obstruction, eliminate the influence, apologize and compensate for the losses.
2. Regarding the limitation of action in tort law, the limitation of action for requesting protection of civil rights from the people's court is three years. Where there are other provisions in the law, those provisions shall prevail. The limitation period of action shall be counted from the date when the creditor knows or should know that the right is damaged and the debtor knows it.
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