Legal basis: Article 82 of the Education Law of the People's Republic of China. If a school or other educational institution issues a degree certificate, academic certificate or other academic certificate in violation of the provisions of this law, the education administrative department or other relevant administrative departments shall declare the certificate invalid and order it to be taken back or confiscated. Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to stop the relevant enrollment qualification for more than one year and less than three years, until the enrollment qualification is revoked and the certificate qualification is issued; The directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law.
Organizations or individuals other than those specified in the preceding paragraph manufacture, sell or issue forged degree certificates, academic certificates or other academic certificates, which constitutes a violation of public security administration, and shall be punished by the public security organs according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
If a degree certificate, academic certificate or other academic certificate is obtained by cheating, plagiarism or other fraudulent acts or other improper means, the issuing institution shall revoke the relevant certificate. The purchase and use of fake degree certificates, academic certificates or other academic certificates, which constitutes a violation of public security management, shall be punished by the public security organs according to law.