Zhangye public security reminds you: These 20 kinds of behaviors in the epidemic prevention and control work are illegal and must not be had

In order to guide the broad masses of the people to further enhance their awareness of the rule of law, gain a deeper understanding of the legal knowledge related to the epidemic prevention and control work, and promote the orderly development of the epidemic prevention and control work in accordance with laws and regulations, the Zhangye Municipal Public Security Bureau has collected 20 legal knowledge questions on epidemic prevention and control for everyone to learn and advocate compliance.

Q1: Will I bear legal responsibility for going out without wearing a mask?

Answer: Residents who take public transportation, enter and exit public places such as community gates, and refuse to cooperate with the persuasion of management personnel to wear masks, or residents of medium- and high-risk areas who do not wear masks when going out, may be given a warning or a fine in accordance with the provisions of Article 50 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law; if the circumstances are serious, they may be detained. Where the spread of the novel coronavirus is caused or there is a serious risk of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Q2: What are the consequences of entering and leaving relevant places such as communities, supermarkets, vegetable farms, etc., refusing to cooperate with health information verification, and refusing to cooperate with identity registration regulations?

Answer: According to article 50 of the Law on Punishment for Administration of Public Security, a warning or a fine may be imposed according to the circumstances, and if the circumstances are serious, it may be detained. Where the spread of the novel coronavirus is caused or there is a serious risk of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Q3: What are the consequences of people included in the scope of nucleic acid testing and not participating in the nucleic acid testing of the unified organization?

A: According to Article 66 of the Emergency Response Law and Article 51 of the Regulations on Emergency Response to Public Health Emergencies, failure to cooperate with measures taken by local governments and not participating in nucleic acid testing is a violation of Article 50 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and administrative penalties such as warning, fine, and detention may be imposed according to the circumstances.

Whoever, in the course of receiving nucleic acid testing, does not cooperate with or obstructs the work of testing personnel, may be given administrative penalties such as warnings, fines, and detention in accordance with article 27 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law".

Where administrative punishments are received, the punishment decision will be disclosed to the public, and relevant information will be entered into the Public Credit Aggregation and Service Platform, which may affect employment, employment, and so forth in the future.

Q4: What are the consequences of residents of sealed and closed communities who violate the provisions of the Health Management Guidelines and go out and gather without authorization?

Answer: According to Article 50 of the Law on Punishment for Administration of Public Security, if the circumstances are serious, they may be detained and fined.

According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, if the spread of the novel coronavirus is caused or there is a serious danger of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases; if a confirmed patient or pathogen carrier conceals his illness, conceals his travel information, enters a public place or public transportation, and causes the spread of the new coronavirus, it may constitute the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.

Q5: During the epidemic prevention and control period, what kind of responsibilities should residents bear when they go out in violation of regulations or gather activities such as playing cards, catering, and entertainment in communities and village communities?

According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, if the spread of the novel coronavirus is caused or there is a serious danger of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases; if a confirmed patient or pathogen carrier conceals his illness, conceals his itinerary information, enters a public place or takes public transportation, causing the spread of the new coronavirus, it may constitute the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.

Q6: What responsibility should I bear for refusing to cooperate with the epidemiological investigation of the epidemic carried out by the disease control and public security departments?

Whoever obstructs the staff of state organs (including those engaged in public affairs for epidemic prevention and control in state organs) from carrying out epidemic investigation work in accordance with law by means of violence or threats shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing public service.

Q7: During the epidemic period, how to deal with forced passage in violation of traffic regulations?

A: According to the provisions of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, if a driver violates the temporary traffic control regulations of the traffic management department and forcibly passes, he shall be fined and may be detained concurrently.

Q8: After the end of centralized isolation, what will be the consequences of not receiving health monitoring and management in accordance with the regulations?

Answer: According to article 50 of the Law on Punishment for Administration of Public Security, a warning or a fine may be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, it may be detained and fined.

According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, if the spread of the new coronavirus is caused or there is a serious risk of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases.

Q9: What are the consequences of concealing the condition, concealing travel information (especially the travel history of key areas), and concealing the history of close contact with confirmed or suspected cases?

According to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, if the spread of the novel coronavirus is caused or there is a serious danger of spreading, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of obstructing the prevention and control of infectious diseases; where a confirmed patient or pathogen carrier conceals his illness, conceals travel information, enters a public place or public transportation, and causes the spread of the new coronavirus, it may constitute the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.

Q10: What responsibilities should residents and enterprises bear if they do not cooperate with the disinfection work related to epidemic prevention and control?

Q11: How to punish those who fabricate facts, conceal the truth, and defraud public or private property in the name of selling protective and prevention materials such as masks and drugs?

Answer: Whoever fabricates facts, conceals the truth, and defrauds public or private property in the name of selling masks, medicines, and other protective and preventive articles, shall be convicted of fraud in accordance with article 266 of the Criminal Law.

Whoever produces or sells counterfeit or shoddy masks or drugs, or adulterates or adulterates related products, and uses shoddy goods, is to be convicted and punished for the crimes of producing and selling counterfeit and shoddy products, the crime of producing and selling counterfeit drugs, or the crime of producing and selling inferior drugs, or the crime of producing and selling inferior drugs, in accordance with the provisions of articles 140, 141, 142 and 145 of the Criminal Law.

Q12: What are the consequences of people with yellow or red health codes who do not isolate medical observation or home health tests in accordance with regulations?

Q13: What kind of legal liability should be borne for fabricating false epidemic information for mischief, eyeballing, commercial purposes, etc., and disseminating it in public places such as the Internet, or knowingly helping to spread and disseminate false information?

A: In accordance with the provisions of Article 65 of the Emergency Response Law, order corrections and give warnings; if serious consequences are caused, business activities or practice licenses are revoked in accordance with law.

According to Article 25 of the Law on Public Security Administrative Penalties, it may be punished with detention and a fine.

Q14: During the epidemic period, how to punish price gouging and profiteering?

A: In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Price Law, the market supervision department shall give administrative penalties such as confiscation of illegal gains, fines, suspension of business for rectification, and revocation of business licenses.

Where the amount of illegal gains is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, seriously disrupting market order, the crime of illegal business operation shall be convicted and punished.

Q15: Do I have to bear legal responsibility for violating the epidemic prevention and control regulations by throwing away medical protective equipment such as masks and protective clothing?

A: Once it is found that the medical protective equipment such as masks and protective clothing that are littered is waste, toxic substances or other harmful substances containing pathogens of infectious diseases, and seriously pollutes the environment, it shall be convicted and punished as the crime of polluting the environment.

Whoever deliberately spreads the pathogen of covid-19 and endangers public safety shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means.

Q16: During the prevention and control of the epidemic period, what are the consequences of forcibly taking or arbitrarily destroying or occupying public or private property, or causing disturbances in public places, causing serious disorder in public places?

Answer: According to the provisions of Articles 26 and 49 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, it may be punishable by detention and fined.

Whoever, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, causes serious consequences shall be convicted and punished for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking troubles.

Q17: What are the consequences of manufacturing, buying, selling, storing, transporting, mailing, carrying, using, providing, or disposing of dangerous substances such as infectious disease pathogens in violation of regulations?

A: They were detained in accordance with article 30 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law. Where serious consequences are caused, criminal responsibility is to be pursued in accordance with article 125 of the Criminal Law.

Q18: How to punish dangerous substances such as infectious disease pathogens that are stolen, robbed or lost, and are not reported according to regulations?

A: According to Article 31 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, they were detained.

Q19: What are the consequences of refusing isolation treatment or leaving isolation treatment without authorization before the isolation period is complete?

A: According to the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, those who refuse to be isolated for treatment or leave the isolation treatment without authorization before the isolation period is completed shall be assisted by the public security organs to take compulsory measures to isolate and treat.

Q20: During the epidemic period, how to deal with the private discharge of toxic and hazardous wastes?

Answer: Whoever, in violation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and other epidemic prevention and control regulations, arbitrarily disposes of medical protective equipment, equipment, medical waste and other toxic and harmful substances containing novel coronavirus pathogens, and seriously pollutes the environment, shall be convicted and punished for the crime of polluting the environment.