How long will you be detained for cutting down trees?

Legal analysis: generally, cutting down trees constitutes an illegal act, and the power of adjudication of administrative detention belongs to the public security organs at or above the county level, generally within 15 days, and the heavier one does not exceed 15 days. After the announcement of the administrative detention decision, if the punished person and his relatives find a guarantor or pay a deposit in accordance with the regulations during the application for reconsideration and administrative proceedings, they may apply to the administrative subject for suspension of administrative detention. Deforestation of forests or other trees, calculated according to the volume of standing trees, is less than 2 cubic meters or less than 50 young trees, and the competent forestry department of the people's government at or above the county level shall order the replanting of trees five times the number of trees and impose a fine of two to three times the value of trees. Deforestation of forests or other trees, with a standing stock of more than 2 cubic meters or more than 50 young trees, shall be ordered by the competent forestry department of the people's government at or above the county level to replant trees five times the number of trees, and a fine of three to five times the value of the trees shall be imposed.

Legal basis: Article 345 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever illegally cuts down forests or other trees in large quantities 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 sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years and fined. Whoever, in violation of the provisions of the Forest Law, wantonly cuts down forests or other trees in huge quantities 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, and shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Whoever knowingly illegally purchases or transports illegally cut trees, if the circumstances are serious, 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 sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.