Forging a signature itself certainly does not constitute a criminal offence, but it also depends on the criminal act committed by the perpetrator. For the purpose of illegal possession, in the process of signing and performing a contract, forging the signature of others to commit fraud constitutes the crime of contract fraud.

legal ground

Article 224 of the Criminal Law whoever, for the purpose of illegal possession, defrauds the other party of property in the process of signing and performing a contract in any of the following circumstances, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, 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 amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated: (1) Fictitious units or signing contracts under the name of others; (2) Mortgaging with forged, altered or invalid bills or other false property rights certificates; (three) to perform a small contract or part of the contract first, to deceive the other party to continue to sign and perform the contract, and to have no actual performance ability; (4) After receiving the payment for goods, advance payment or secured property paid by the other party; (5) defrauding the other party's property by other means.