Legal issues of buying and counterfeiting quintuple coupons!

Recently, it has been reported that someone used color printing to forge five-fold coupons and was caught using them in a steakhouse. Of course, it is best to find out on the spot in such a situation. You can immediately reject it or call the police and arrest you, but if you find out later, some stores You may be worried that there is no way to seek compensation and use it secretly, but it is recommended not to do so, because the restrictions on the five-fold revitalization coupon are more complicated. It may be to blame, why?

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What should I do if I accidentally receive a fake five-fold revitalization coupon?

In principle, if you find that you have received forged five-fold revitalization coupons, it is best to notify the police directly to avoid involving the provisions of Article 196, item 2 of the Criminal Law, and a maximum fine of 15,000 yuan will be imposed. Compared with counterfeiting or collecting counterfeit goods, the punishment is obviously much smaller. If you can prove that you don’t know that it is a counterfeit when you use it, then you may not be punished by this. After all, counterfeit goods are inherently believed to be true. intention of.

Just proving innocence is still a certain risk, because unless you are a businessman, it is logically impossible to get a paper five-fold coupon from a stranger, so if you want to argue that you received it accidentally and don't know it is a fake coupon, Then you should know the source, you may have to identify the person who handed it to you, you must pay special attention to this!

 Article 196, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law: Those who only use common currency, banknotes, or bank notes that are known to be counterfeit or altered after receiving them, or deliver them to others with the intention of exercising them, shall be fined not more than 15,000 yuan.

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What are the consequences of making and using forged quintuple coupons?

Because the revitalization five-fold coupon is a fully marketable security close to the currency ! For example, checks, promissory notes, and currency are all types of securities. Therefore, if you counterfeit the five-fold revitalization coupons, you may be involved in the " crime of counterfeiting securities. " Collecting or handing it over to others can be fined up to 90,000 and sentenced to imprisonment for up to 7 years. Therefore, even if you do not participate in the process of forgery, deliberately collecting or giving it to others will have serious criminal liability problems.

 Article 201 of the Criminal Code:
1. Whoever forges or alters public bonds, company stocks or other securities with the intent of exercising shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and may also be fined not more than 90,000 yuan.
2. Those who use forged or altered public bonds, company stocks or other securities, or collect or deliver to others with the intention of exercising them, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than one year but not more than seven years, and may also be fined not more than 90,000 yuan.

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Pay special attention! Paper quintuple coupons are not for resale

This time there is another turmoil. Many people purchase paper five-fold coupons on various platforms. These are all illegal acts. However, this time, there is a provision in the law that is more difficult to understand. Exchange, cash refund and other acts (currently the government allows the store to decide whether to change it or not), will not be allowed to exchange the paper five times coupon, and if it is serious, the store will be disqualified for exchange. Therefore, there is no actual case to refer to what kind of punishment the average person will have if they buy or resell. If there is an unfortunate misunderstanding and you are worried that the investigation will be led in an unfavorable direction, it is better to ask a professional lawyer to accompany you to be more secure.

 Article 7 of the Measures for the Issuance of the Five-fold Voucher for Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia:
The restrictions on the use of paper five-fold coupons are as follows: 1. Change, resale, exchange or cash return is not allowed.
2. It should be used within the period of use specified in Paragraph 1 of the preceding article, otherwise it will lose its effectiveness.

Item 2 of Article 9 of the Measures for the Issuance of Five-fold Vouchers for the Promotion of Severe Special Infectious Pneumonia:
A business operator who accepts five-fold paper coupons in violation of the restrictions on the use of resale, exchange, or cash refund as stipulated in Paragraph 1 of Article 7 shall not redeem the money in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph; if the circumstances are serious, the eligibility to redeem the money may be disqualified. .

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Three steps of anti-counterfeiting of paper fivefold coupons

The first trick is "look": the size of the quintuple coupons is the same, and there will be no blanks on the edges; the hidden words 1,000 yuan, 500 yuan or 200 yuan will appear on the quintuple coupons when viewed from the side; facing the light upward, the front and back are overprinted without seams or distortions .

The second trick is "touching": the main prints have a bumpy feeling when you touch them with your hands; above the text position of "expiration date", you can feel the embossings protrude from the paper surface when you touch them with your hands.

The third trick is "Turn": Turn the five-fold coupon up and down, left and right, and you can see that the words 200 yuan, 500 yuan, and 1,000 yuan will change color, showing a change of gold and green.

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