Article 385 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
State functionaries who take advantage of their positions to extort other people's property, or illegally accept other people's property and seek benefits for others, are guilty of accepting bribes.
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Bending the law, a judicial officer, is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention if he causes a person who knows his innocence to be prosecuted, intentionally shields a person who knows his guilt from prosecution, or makes a perverted judgment in violation of facts and laws in criminal trial activities.
If the circumstances are serious, he 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, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years. Deliberately violating facts and laws and perverting the law in civil and administrative trial activities, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years.
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