What are the legal responsibilities stipulated in the Secrecy Law?

Legal analysis: The legal responsibilities stipulated in the Secrecy Law are as follows:

According to the provisions of Chapter V of the Secrecy Law, whoever intentionally or negligently divulges state secrets in violation of the provisions of the Secrecy Law, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; Whoever steals, spies on, buys or illegally provides state secrets or information for overseas institutions, organizations and personnel shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights; Those who violate the provisions of the secrecy law and disclose state secrets, but not serious enough for criminal punishment, may be given administrative sanctions as appropriate.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on Guarding State Secrets.

Article 48 Whoever violates the provisions of this Law and commits any of the following acts shall be punished according to law; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:

(a) illegal acquisition and possession of state secret carriers;

(2) buying, selling, transferring or destroying state secret carriers without permission;

(3) transmitting the carrier of state secrets through ordinary postal service, express delivery and other channels without taking security measures;

(4) mailing or consigning a state secret carrier out of the country, or carrying or transmitting a state secret carrier out of the country without the approval of the relevant competent department;

(5) illegally copying, recording or storing state secrets;

(six) involving state secrets in private exchanges and correspondence;

(7) transmitting state secrets on public information networks such as the Internet or in wired or wireless communication without security measures;

(8) Connecting classified computers and classified storage devices to public information networks such as the Internet;

(9) exchanging information between the classified information system and the Internet and other public information networks without taking protective measures;

(10) Using non-confidential computers or non-confidential storage devices to store and process state secret information;

(eleven) to uninstall or modify the safety technical regulations and management regulations of the classified information system without authorization;

(12) Giving away, selling, discarding or using classified computers and classified storage devices that have not been processed by security technology for other purposes.

If the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph do not constitute a crime, the punishment shall not be applied, and the secrecy administrative department shall urge the organs and units to deal with them.

Article 49 If an organ or unit violates the provisions of this Law and a major leak case occurs, the relevant organ or unit shall punish the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel according to law; For those who are not suitable for punishment, the secrecy administrative department shall urge the competent department to deal with them.

In violation of the provisions of this law, if matters that should be kept secret are not kept secret, or if matters that should not be kept secret are kept secret, resulting in serious consequences, the relevant authorities or units shall punish the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel according to law.

Article 50 Whoever violates the provisions of Article 28 of this Law shall be punished by the public security organ or the state security organ or the competent department of information industry according to the division of responsibilities.

Article 51 Any staff member of the secrecy administrative department who abuses his power, neglects his duty or engages in malpractices for personal gain in performing the duties of secrecy management shall be punished according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.