Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 47 A lawyer who commits any of the following acts shall be given a warning by the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government, and may be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the punishment of stopping practicing for less than three months shall be given: (1) practicing in more than two law firms at the same time; (2) Undertaking business by improper means; (3) Representing both parties in the same case, or representing legal affairs that have conflicts of interest with himself and his close relatives; (4) Failing to serve as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court or people's procuratorate;
(5) Refusing to perform the obligation of legal aid.
Article 48 A lawyer who commits any of the following acts shall be given a warning by the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government, and may be fined not more than 10,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be punished for stopping practicing for more than three months and less than six months: (1) accepting entrustment, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from the client without permission; (two) after accepting the entrustment, refusing to defend or represent without justifiable reasons, and not appearing in court on time to participate in litigation or arbitration; (three) to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties by taking advantage of the convenience of providing legal services; (4) divulging business secrets or personal privacy.
Article 49 If a lawyer commits any of the following acts, the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or municipality directly under the Central Government with districts shall give him a punishment of stopping practicing for more than six months but less than one year, and may also impose a fine of less than 50,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, 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 the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law: (1) meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations, or affecting the handling of cases according to law in other improper ways; (2) Offering bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes; (3) Providing false materials to the judicial administrative department or committing other fraudulent acts; (4) Deliberately providing false evidence or threatening or inducing others to provide false evidence, which hinders the other party from obtaining evidence according to law; (5) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client; (6) Disrupting the order of courts and arbitration tribunals and interfering with the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities; (seven) inciting or instructing the parties to take illegal means such as disturbing public order and endangering public security to resolve disputes; (8) making statements that endanger national security, maliciously slander others, and seriously disturb the order of the court; (9) divulging state secrets.
If a lawyer is subject to criminal punishment for intentional crime, 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.