Is it illegal to distribute leaflets in the community?

It is not illegal to distribute leaflets in the community. As long as the advertising content is legal and posted in the location designated by the property management personnel, it is ok and not illegal. However, it is illegal to distribute leaflets prohibited by law and endanger the rights and interests of the state and other people in the community.

Legal analysis

If the leaflet does not contain illegal content and can be used for publicity, it is not illegal. But it's against community rules. Sticking leaflets or stickers on the door will affect the image and will be complained by the owner. If these leaflets are scattered all over the floor, it will also affect public health and increase the workload of property cleaning, so the property company has the right to stop distributing leaflets. It is illegal to distribute leaflets in the community that are prohibited by laws such as "taking drugs and gambling with guns" and endanger the rights and interests of the state and others. Property managers have no power to confiscate leaflets, only the public security department has the power. It is illegal for the property manager to rob the leaflets of people who distribute leaflets in the community and threaten them. Because this is an infringement. Moreover, if distributing leaflets in the community violates the property management regulations of the community, the property will ask you to leave the community and clear or clean up the leaflets distributed, but you have no right to detain people or things. The purpose of the leaflet is for some propaganda purpose; In order to exchange information, voluntary participants need to distribute campaign leaflets. Leaflets are not only low in cost, but also wide in coverage. Leaflets are more targeted than TV newspaper advertisements. So there are many leaflets. To sum up, as long as the advertisement is legal, it is not illegal to distribute leaflets.

legal ground

Article 1033 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Unless otherwise stipulated by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts: (1) Interfere with other people's private lives by means of telephone, short messages, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. ; (2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms; (3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities; (4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies; (5) handling other people's private information; (6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.

Article 152 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever smuggles obscene movies, video tapes, audio tapes, pictures, books and periodicals or other obscene articles for the purpose of profit-making or dissemination, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined. Whoever evades customs supervision and transports solid waste, liquid waste and gas waste into the country from abroad, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and fined. If a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.