2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China custodial correction. If the consequences are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 5 years. Whoever fabricates information of a false emergency, epidemic, disaster, or situation that needs police involvement, and spreads such information via the internet or other media, or deliberately spreads via the internet or other media the abovementioned information which he knows is fake, thereby seriously disrupting public order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction. If serious consequences are caused, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Article 291b Whoever throws an object from a building or any other place at height, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 1 year, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraphs, which concurrently constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions that specify a heavier punishment. Article 292 In case of attending a gathering and fighting, the ringleaders and other active participants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction. If there is any of the following circumstances, the ringleaders and other active participants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 10 years: (1) attending a gathering and fighting several times; (2) a large number of people gathering and engaging in large-scale fighting, which brings a bad social influence; (3) gathering and fighting in a public place or a traffic artery, thereby causing serious chaos; or (4) gathering and fighting with weapons. Where gathering and fighting cause serious injuries or death, the offenders shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions in Article 234 or Article 232 of this Law. Article 293 Whoever commits any of the following acts of provoking troubles, thereby disrupting public order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 5 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction: (1) randomly assaulting another person, where the circumstances are grave; (2) chasing, intercepting, insulting, or threatening another person, where the circumstances are grave; en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 11/40