Is it illegal to read pornographic books? Will it be punished? Here comes the answer!

Adolescent boys and girls will be particularly curious about sex and fascinated by obscene books and periodicals when they enter adulthood. So, is it illegal to read pornographic books? In order to answer this question, I will give you the corresponding answer for your reference and study. I hope the following answers are helpful to you.

1. Is it illegal to read little yellow books?

The law only stipulates that it is not allowed to sell, spread or copy. And it depends. The public security organs only punish the organizers. Ordinary spectators will not be punished, but sometimes they will be given public security warnings or fines.

Second, what is the punishment standard for publishing obscene books and periodicals?

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 363 The crime of making, copying, publishing, selling or disseminating obscene articles for profit. Whoever makes, copies, publishes, sells or disseminates obscene articles for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also 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 ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Crime of providing ISBN for others to publish obscene books and periodicals Whoever provides ISBN for others to publish obscene books and periodicals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; Whoever knowingly publishes obscene books and periodicals and provides the ISBN shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 364 Whoever disseminates obscene books, periodicals, films, audio-visual recordings, pictures or other obscene articles, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Whoever commits this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined.

If a unit commits this crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this crime committed by natural persons.

It should be noted that when establishing the crime of publishing obscene books and periodicals by providing ISBN for others, we should grasp the following aspects: First, it constitutes the crime of publishing obscene books and periodicals by providing ISBN for others, and it is not implemented under the premise of violating the relevant national laws and regulations on book and periodical publishing; Second, the subjective aspect of this crime is negligence, so we should pay special attention to this; Third, the subject of this crime is the general subject, often the managers or units of the press and publication department.