Note: Under the background of exam-oriented education in China, the college entrance examination can be said to determine many people's lives. It is not an exaggeration to describe yue longmen as a carp, but it also makes many people have the idea of taking shortcuts. Therefore, cheating in the college entrance examination this year is also a social hot spot. So, is it necessary to go to jail for plagiarism in the college entrance examination?

According to the specific circumstances of cheating, acts such as taking the test, cheating and assisting cheating range from criminal detention to fixed-term imprisonment.

Article 284-1 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) organizes cheating in exams. Whoever organizes cheating in national exams prescribed by law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he 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 provides cheating equipment or other assistance for others to commit the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Crime of illegally selling or providing test questions and answers Whoever illegally sells or provides the test questions and answers specified in the first paragraph to others for cheating in the exam shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.

Those who take the examination instead of others or let others take the examination as prescribed in the first paragraph instead of themselves shall be sentenced to criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also or only be fined.