Article 17 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards commits one of the following acts, and the public security organ shall impose a fine of more than 200 yuan and less than 1,000 yuan or detain it for less than 10 days. If there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated: (1) fraudulently using other people's identity cards or using fraudulent identity cards; (2) buying, selling or using forged or altered identity cards. Forged or altered identity cards and fraudulent identity cards shall be confiscated by public security organs. Article 18 Whoever forges or alters a resident identity card shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. Whoever commits any of the acts listed in Articles 16 and 17 of this Law and commits criminal activities shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.