Is it illegal to carve seals in scenic spots?

Is lettering illegal or criminal?

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Wenzhou Ruian Lawyer Xiao Cheng Fei

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Legal analysis: it is not illegal to engrave seals, but it is illegal to engrave official seals privately. Private seal engraving refers to the act of an individual or other organization privately affixing the official seal of another enterprise. The official seal is the symbol of the legal representative of the unit, enterprise, institution, organization and school. In order to prevent some lawless people from illegally engraving official seals, engaging in fraud, undermining public security management activities and infringing on the legitimate interests of units, enterprises, organizations and schools, the state has incorporated the engraving industry (including engraving factories, engraving shops, engraving booths, etc.). ) into the special industry, into the public security management. For engraving units and individual employees who violate the state management regulations, depending on the nature and severity of the problem, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security according to law, or be investigated for criminal responsibility.

Legal basis: Article 280 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever 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. 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.