Using a fake official seal will have the following consequences:
(1) Whoever forges, alters or buys or sells official documents, certificates or seals of state organs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
(2) Whoever forges the seals of companies, enterprises, institutions or people's organizations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.
(3) Whoever forges or alters a resident identity card shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Forging the official seal is an illegal act, which seriously constitutes a crime.
Stamping the official seal itself is the traditional way to conclude an agreement document. Just like a natural person fingerprinting, once a document is formed, it is only necessary to take out the document to prove the agreement between the two parties.
Stamping the official seal on the agreement document is a low-cost proof method, and its significance in the transaction process cannot be denied just because fraud may occur in practice.
Because a large number of contract documents recognize the text stamped with the official seal, disputes often occur in the specific performance, and this recognition itself comes from the small official seal.