What does the law say about being slapped?

The act of slapping is intentional injury. What kind of responsibility should be borne should be analyzed according to the specific situation, which causes the other party to be slightly injured and constitutes a criminal case. The public security organ shall file a case for investigation and pursue criminal responsibility according to law. The penalties for slapping others in the face are as follows:

1. Those who slap others in the face and cause minor injuries constitute public security management cases. The public security organs shall impose administrative penalties on public security, and generally detain them for more than five days and less than ten days, and impose a fine of more than 2 yuan and less than 5 yuan; If the circumstances are minor, they shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan.

2. slapping a person in the face, if it causes minor injuries or above, which constitutes a criminal offence, is suspected of intentional injury and is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

if the circumstances of slapping people in the face are minor, the public security organ may mediate the beating, and if the parties reach an agreement through mediation by the public security organ, they will not be punished. If the mediation fails to reach an agreement or the agreement is not fulfilled, the public security organ shall punish it in accordance with the provisions on penalties for violations of public security administration, and inform the parties that they can bring a civil lawsuit to the people's court according to law on civil disputes. If no physical injury is caused to the other party, an apology shall be made; If slapping in public is insulting to others, it is necessary to apologize. If it also causes serious consequences such as suicide of the beaten person, the family members of the beaten person can file a civil lawsuit and demand that the beaten person bear corresponding civil liability.

The situations that the public security organ mediates according to law are as follows:

(1) There is a dispute between relatives, friends, neighbors or colleagues due to trivial matters, and both parties are at fault;

(2) minors or students at school beat others or intentionally hurt others;

(3) The aggressor's aggression is caused by the victim's previous wrong behavior;

(4) Other situations in which conflicts can be easily resolved through mediation.

Criminal punishment for intentional injury:

1. Intentional injury. Whoever intentionally harms another person's body shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

2. Whoever intentionally injures another person's body and causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.

3. Whoever intentionally injures another person's body, causing death or causing serious disability by particularly cruel means, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 1 years, life imprisonment or death.

IV. Intentionally harming others' bodies. If it is otherwise provided for in this Law, according to the provisions, this refers to the act of committing other intentional crimes and harming others' bodies.

I hope the above contents can help you. If you have any other questions, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis: "Article 43 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment

Whoever beats another person, or intentionally hurts another person's body, shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and shall also be fined more than 2 yuan and less than 5 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, the offender shall be detained for more than 1 days and less than 15 days, and shall be imposed with a fine of more than 5 yuan and less than 1, yuan:

(1) Those who gang up to beat or hurt others;

(2) Beating or injuring the disabled, pregnant women, people under the age of 14 or people over the age of 6;

(3) beating or hurting others for many times or beating or hurting more than one person at a time. Beating or injuring many people.