Whoever fraudulently uses another person's signature, if the circumstances are serious, is suspected of fraud, and is generally sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and concurrently or exclusively fined.

Legal analysis

It is not correct to impersonate others to sign, and the legal consequences are serious. You have to bear certain legal responsibilities. If a contract is signed, it may constitute contract fraud, while others may constitute financial fraud and bill fraud. If it is in the course of litigation, it may constitute the crime of obstructing testimony and perjury. If it is a fake star signature for sale, it should be an infringement of the right to name, and if the amount is particularly large, it can also be considered as fraud. If someone else pretends to be my signature without my knowledge, I won't ratify it, I won't bear legal responsibility, and the signatory will bear the responsibility; If it is approved, I should bear the responsibility. Signing on behalf of others is a kind of agency behavior. If I don't know, I have no right to represent and I don't bear legal responsibility. However, if I know that someone else signed my name without denying it, or that I ratified it, the signature is binding on me and I should bear legal responsibility.

legal ground

Article 171 of the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * If an actor acts as an agent after he has no power of attorney, exceeds his power of attorney or terminates his power of attorney, it will not be effective to the principal without ratification by the principal. The counterpart may urge the principal to ratify it within 30 days from the date of receiving the notice. If the trustor fails to declare it, it shall be deemed as refusal to ratify it. Before the act committed by the actor is ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to revoke it. Revocation shall be made by notice. If the act committed by the actor is not ratified, the bona fide counterpart has the right to demand the actor to perform the debt or demand the actor to compensate for the damage he has suffered. However, the scope of compensation shall not exceed the benefits that the counterpart can obtain when the principal ratifies. If the counterpart knows or should know that the actor has no right to act as an agent, the counterpart and the actor shall bear the responsibility according to their respective faults.