1. A mental patient who causes harmful consequences when he is unable to recognize or control his own conduct shall not bear criminal responsibility.
 2. Intermittent mental patients who commit crimes when they are in a normal state of mind bear the same criminal responsibility as normal people. If a person commits a crime when he is mentally abnormal, he shall not bear criminal responsibility.
 3. If a mentally ill person who has not completely lost or controlled his own conduct commits a crime, he shall bear criminal responsibility, but may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment.
 If a mental patient commits a crime and causes damage to others, the mental patient shall make compensation with his own property. If he has no property or is not enough to compensate for all the losses, his guardian shall make compensation.
 [Legal Basis]
 Article 18 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China states that a mentally ill person who causes harmful consequences when he is unable to recognize or control his own behavior, and who has been identified and confirmed by legal procedures, shall not bear criminal responsibility, but his family members or guardians shall be ordered to take strict care of and treat him; When necessary, the government will force medical treatment. Intermittent mental patients who commit crimes when they are in a normal state of mind shall bear criminal responsibility. If a mental patient who has not completely lost the ability to recognize or control his own conduct commits a crime, he shall bear criminal responsibility, but may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. An intoxicated person who commits a crime shall bear criminal responsibility.