"One of the following acts shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined not more than five hundred 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:
(a) spreading rumors, lying about dangerous situations, epidemic situations, police situations or deliberately disturbing public order by other means;
(two) throwing fake explosions, toxic, radioactive, corrosive substances or infectious disease pathogens and other dangerous substances to disturb public order;
(3) Threatening to set fire, explode or throw dangerous substances to disturb public order. "
Therefore, if rumors are spread, the public security organ can punish the perpetrator according to the above provisions, and the police station will summon, verify and punish the perpetrator with a summons card according to the provisions.
Whoever spreads rumors and constitutes a crime shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law.
Article 29 1 of the Criminal Law stipulates that whoever fabricates false information about danger, epidemic situation, disaster and early warning and spreads it on the information network or other media, or knowingly spreads it on the information network or other media, thus seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Article 246 stipulates that whoever publicly insults others by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander others, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
Rumor refers to remarks that are fabricated and popularized by certain means without corresponding factual basis. It is a rumor to fabricate and spread statements that are different or even contrary to the facts on the premise that the audience does not express or imply fiction.