Simply spreading cults will not be sentenced. Only by organizing and using cult organizations to undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations, or deceiving others, causing serious injuries or deaths, will it constitute a crime and be punished. Be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Whoever organizes or uses cult organizations to undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and fined in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law:

(1) establishing a cult organization, or resuming or establishing other cult organizations after the cult organization is banned;

(2) Gathering people to surround, attack or plunder state organs, enterprises and institutions or public places and places for religious activities, thus disturbing social order;

(three) illegal assembly, procession and demonstration, disrupting social order;

(4) forcing others to join or prevent others from quitting a cult organization by violence, coercion or other means;

(5) Organizing, inciting or deceiving members or others to fail to perform their legal obligations;

(six) the use of "pseudo base stations", "black broadcast" and other radio stations or radio frequencies to promote cults;

(7) Having been investigated for criminal responsibility for engaging in cult activities or having been subjected to administrative punishment for two years;

(eight) the development of more than 50 cult organizations;

(nine) raising funds or causing economic losses of more than one million yuan;

(10) Propagandizing cults with money as the carrier, and the number is more than 500 (pieces);

(eleven) the production and dissemination of cult propaganda materials meet one of the following quantitative standards:

1。 /kloc-More than 0/000 copies of leaflets, spray paintings, pictures, slogans and newspapers;

2。 More than 250 books and periodicals;

3。 More than 250 kinds of audio-visual products such as audio tapes and video tapes;

4。 More than 250 signs and marks;

5。 CD-ROM, USB flash drive, memory card, mobile hard disk and other mobile storage media 100;

6。 There are more than fifty banners or banners.

(twelve) the use of communication information network to promote cults, one of the following circumstances:

1。 Making and disseminating more than 200 electronic pictures and articles promoting cults, more than 50 electronic books, periodicals and audio-visual products, or more than 5 million words of electronic documents and more than 250 minutes of electronic audio-visual products;

2。 Edit and distribute information and make more than 1000 calls;

3。 Using chat rooms with online users 1000 or more, or using social networks such as group members and followers with accounts 1000 or more, WeChat and Weibo to promote cults;

4。 The cult information has actually been clicked and viewed more than 5000 times.

(13) Other serious circumstances.

Article 3 Whoever organizes or uses cult organizations to undermine the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations under any of the following circumstances is "especially serious" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated of property:

(a) the implementation of the provisions of items 1 to 7 of Article 2 of this Interpretation has particularly serious social harm;

(2) The number or amount of acts specified in Items 8 to 12 of Article 2 of this Interpretation reaches more than five times the corresponding standards specified in Article 2;

(3) Other particularly serious circumstances.

Article 4 Whoever organizes or uses cult organizations to undermine the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations, under any of the following circumstances, is a "minor" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also, or shall only, be fined:

(a) the implementation of the provisions of Item 1 to Item 7 of Article 2 of this Interpretation has less social harm;

(2) The number or amount of acts specified in Items 8 to 12 of Article 2 of this Interpretation reaches more than 1/5 of the corresponding standards;

(3) Other minor circumstances.

Article 5. Holding, carrying or being caught red-handed in the process of communication, if the number of cult propaganda materials reaches the relevant standards stipulated in Articles 2 to 4 of this Interpretation, it shall be dealt with as follows:

(1) Cult propaganda materials were produced by the actor and shall be treated as accomplished crimes;

(2) Cult propaganda materials that are not produced and disseminated by himself shall be treated as crimes;

(3) Cult propaganda materials made by non-actors seized in the process of dissemination are regarded as attempted crimes;

(4) Cult propaganda materials are not produced by the perpetrator, but some of them have been spread, which is regarded as accomplished crime. For those who have not spread, they can be considered as appropriate when sentencing.

Article 6 Whoever makes and disseminates cult propaganda materials for many times or publicizes cults through communication and information networks shall be counted cumulatively.

The production and dissemination of cult propaganda materials, or the use of communication and information networks to promote cults, involving different types or forms, can be converted according to the corresponding proportion of different quantitative standards stipulated in this interpretation and then calculated cumulatively.

Article 7 Whoever organizes or uses cult organizations to create and spread superstition and heresy, to trick members or others into hunger strike and self-abuse, or to trick patients into not receiving normal treatment, thus causing serious injury or death, shall be deemed as an organization specified in the second paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law, and use cult organizations to "trick others into causing serious injury or death".

Whoever organizes or uses a cult to deceive others, resulting in more than one death or three serious injuries, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

Whoever organizes or uses a cult to deceive others shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated of property:

(1) Causing more than three deaths;

(two) causing serious injuries to more than nine people;

(3) Other particularly serious circumstances.

Whoever organizes or uses a cult to deceive others and causes serious injuries shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also or only be fined.

Article 8 Whoever commits any of the following acts as stipulated in Articles 2 to 5 of this Interpretation shall be given a heavier punishment:

(1) Engaging in cult activities in collusion with overseas institutions, organizations and personnel;

(2) Establishing cult organizations, expanding members or organizing cult activities across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;

(3) Gathering people to make trouble in important public places, places of supervision or during major national festivals and events, and openly carrying out cult activities;

(4) after a cult organization is banned or recognized as a cult organization, it still gathers people to make trouble and openly carries out cult activities;

(5) State functionaries engage in cult activities;

(6) spreading cults to minors;

(7) propagating cults in schools or other educational and training institutions.

Article 9 Organizing and using cult organizations to undermine the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations is in line with the provisions of Article 4 of this Interpretation. However, if the actor can sincerely repent and clearly indicate that he will quit the cult organization and will no longer engage in cult activities, he may not be prosecuted or be exempted from criminal punishment. Among them, if the perpetrator is tricked or coerced into joining a cult organization, it may not be treated as a crime.

Whoever organizes or uses a cult organization to undermine the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations, and the actor can sincerely repent before the judgment of first instance, and clearly indicates that he will quit the cult organization and stop engaging in cult activities, shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions respectively:

(1) According to the provisions of Article 2 of this Interpretation, it can be considered as "the circumstances are relatively minor" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law;

(2) Those who meet the circumstances stipulated in Article 3 of this Interpretation may not be deemed as "especially serious" as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 300 of the Criminal Law, and may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and may also be fined.

What is the standard composition of the crime of organizing, using religious sects, cult organizations and using superstition to undermine law enforcement?

1, object element. The object of infringement is the normal social management order. China people and citizens have freedom of religious belief; The state protects normal religious activities, and no one may use religion to engage in activities that disrupt social order, harm citizens' health or interfere with the national education system;

2. objective factors. Objectively, it is manifested as the act of organizing and using sects, cult organizations or superstitious activities to undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations;

3. Main elements. The subject is a general subject. Any natural person who has reached the age of criminal responsibility and has the ability of criminal responsibility can be constituted;

4. Subjective factors. Subjectively speaking, it is intentional, that is, the actor knows that he is organizing, using church doors, cult organizations or using superstition to carry out activities that undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations. Organizing or using cult organizations or superstitious activities objectively hinders the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations, but the perpetrator has no subjective purpose of undermining the implementation of national laws and administrative regulations, and does not constitute the crime of organizing or using cult organizations or superstitious activities to cause serious injury or death.

To sum up, it's Bian Xiao's answer to several years' imprisonment for spreading cults. I hope it will help you.

Legal basis:

Article 300 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Whoever organizes or uses cults or superstitions to undermine the implementation of state laws and administrative regulations shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined;

If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated;

If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights, and shall also or only be fined.

Whoever organizes or uses a cult organization or uses superstition to deceive others, causing serious injury or death, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the first paragraph and commits other criminal acts such as raping women and defrauding property shall be punished in accordance with the provisions on combined punishment for several crimes.