Punishment for individuals forging social security payment certificates

Legal analysis: social security belongs to the national certificate. Whoever forges social security certificates 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 uses forged, altered or stolen other people's identity cards, passports, social security cards, driver's licenses and other documents that can prove his identity according to law in activities that should provide identification according to state regulations, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to criminal detention or control and shall also or only be fined.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.

Article 280 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 and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined. Whoever forges the seals of companies, enterprises, institutions or people's organizations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined. Whoever forges, alters or buys or sells identity cards, passports, social security cards, driver's licenses and other documents that can be used to prove identity according to law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Article 280-1 Whoever uses forged, altered or embezzled other people's identity cards, passports, social security cards, driver's licenses and other certificates that can prove his identity according to law in activities that should prove his identity according to state regulations, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to 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.

Article 280 bis Whoever steals or fraudulently uses another person's identity to obtain the qualifications for admission to institutions of higher learning, employment of civil servants and employment placement on behalf of another person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined. Whoever organizes or instigates others to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. State functionaries who commit the acts mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, which constitute other crimes, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of combined punishment for several crimes.