If a lawyer knows the law and violates the law, and the circumstances of the crime are minor, he shall be fined or his property confiscated, and then the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate; If a lawyer violates the law and improperly affects the handling of cases according to law, induces the parties to pay bribes, provides false materials to the judicial department, or hinders the other party from obtaining evidence legally, and if the case constitutes a crime according to the seriousness of the case, criminal responsibility will be investigated according to law.
Legal basis: Article 397 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). State functionaries who abuse their powers or neglect their duties, thus causing heavy losses to public property and the interests of the state and the people, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail. Any functionary of a state organ who engages in malpractices for personal gain and commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph 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. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.