11月起微信朋友圈發假消息可判7年

Fake texts will end in jail

發假消息將會進監獄

The 9th amendment to Criminal Law will come into effect next month.

11月起，《刑法修正案(九)》正式施行。

The revision includes several new articles regarding nine common offences, including posting false information on WeChat or micro blogs; hiring surrogate exam-takers in national exams; making trouble in a hospital to benefit oneself; driving an overloaded school or public bus or speeding when driving such buses; possessing books advocating terrorism; and mistreating the elderly, the young, the ill and the disabled.

這部新修訂的法律增加了不少新規定，將9種常見行爲列入刑事處罰範圍。如：在微信、微博發佈假消息；國家考試中找人替考；試圖通過醫鬧獲利；校車、客車嚴重超員、超速；私藏恐怖主義書籍；虐待老幼病殘等。

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The amendment's 291st article says that making up information concerning emergencies, epidemics, natural disasters and police vigilance on the Internet or social media will result in a jail term of less than 3 years, detention or surveillance. The article imposes the same penalty for those who intentionally spread rumors that severely disturb social order. It also stipulates that rumormongers who cause severe consequences will face jail terms of 3 to 7 years.

修正案第291條規定，編造虛假的險情、疫情、災情、警情，在信息網絡或者其他媒體上傳播，或者明知是上述虛假信息，故意在信息網絡或者其他媒體上傳播，嚴重擾亂社會秩序的，處3年以下有期徒刑、拘役或者管制；造成嚴重後果的，處3年以上7年以下有期徒刑。