Chapter  7 Offenses of Interference with Public Order

Article 149
A person who participates in an open assembly with purpose to employs violence or threats and who does not disperse after having been ordered three times or more to do so by a competent public official shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan; a ringleader shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.

Article 150
A person who participates in an open assembly at which violence or threats employed shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan; a ringleader and a person who actually employs violence or threats shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years.

Article 151
A person who endangers public safety by putting the public in fear of injury to life, body, or property shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years.

Article 152
A person who by violence, threats, or fraud interferes with or disturbs a lawful assembly shall punish with imprisonment for not less than two years.

Article 153
A person who by writing, picture, word of mouth, or other means publicly commits one of the following conducts shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than one thousand yuan.
1. Inciting another to commit an offense
2. Inciting another to violate the law or disobey a legal order

Article 154
A person who joins an organization formed with purpose of committing an offense shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than five hundred yuan; a ringleader shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years.

Article 155
A person who incites a person in the armed services to fail to execute his duty, commit a breach of discipline, desert, or mutiny shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months but not more than five years.

Article 156
A person who without authority recruits an armed force, distributes military supplies or leads an armed force shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

Article 157
A person who for purpose of gain instigates or contracts for a lawsuit between others shall be sentenced to imprisonment for less than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of no more than fifty thousand yuan.

Article 158
A person who poses as a public official and exercises functions and power as such shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than five hundred yuan.
A person who poses as a public official of a foreign state and exercises functions and powers as such shall be subject to the same punishment.

Article 159
A person who openly and without authority wears the uniform or badge or make use of the official title of a public official shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than 500 yuan.

Article 160
A person who with purpose to insult the Republic of China openly damages, removes, or dishonors the emblem of the Republic of China or the flag of the Republic of China shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than three hundred yuan.
A person who with purpose to insult the founder the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, openly damages, removes, or dishonors his portrait shall be subject to the same punishment.