Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.
Article 293 Whoever commits one of the following acts of provoking troubles and disrupting social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance:
(a) beating others at will, and the circumstances are bad;
(two) chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, and the circumstances are bad;
(three) extortion or arbitrary damage, occupation of public or private property, if the circumstances are serious;
(4) Causing serious disorder in public places.
Whoever gathers people for many times to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and seriously undermines social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined.
Article 7 Whoever commits an act of stirring up trouble meets the constitutive requirements of the crime of stirring up trouble, intentional homicide, intentional injury, intentional destruction of property, extortion and robbery. , should be convicted and punished according to the crime of heavier punishment.
Article 8 If an actor pleads guilty or repents, actively compensates the victim for losses or gains the victim's understanding, he may be given a lighter punishment; If the circumstances of the crime are minor, prosecution may not be instituted or criminal punishment may be exempted.