What is the illegal act of throwing objects at high altitude? How to punish?

Hello, throwing objects at high altitude is a criminal offence. According to Article 291bis of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the circumstances are serious, whoever throws an object from a building or other high altitude shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined. Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and constitutes other crimes shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.

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Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 291 The crime of gathering people to disturb public order and traffic order. If the crime is serious, the ringleaders shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Article 291-1 Crime of placing false dangerous substances; Crime of fabricating and intentionally spreading false terrorist information; Whoever places false explosive, toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or fabricates terrorist information such as explosion threat, biochemical threat, radiation threat, or knowingly spreads fabricated terrorist information, thus seriously disrupting social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If serious consequences are caused, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.

Crime of fabricating and intentionally spreading false information: Whoever fabricates false dangers, epidemic situations, disasters and early warnings and spreads them on information networks or other media, or knowingly and intentionally spreads them on information networks 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 291 bis Whoever commits the crime of throwing objects from buildings or other heights, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined.

Whoever commits the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and constitutes other crimes shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of heavier punishment.