Legal basis: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 305: In criminal proceedings, witnesses, appraisers, recorders, and translators intentionally make false statements about important circumstances of the case. Anyone who proves, authenticates, records, or translates with the intention of framing others or concealing criminal evidence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Article 306: In criminal proceedings, defenders or agents ad litem destroy or falsify evidence, help parties destroy or falsify evidence, threaten or induce witnesses to change their testimony about facts or commit perjury, they shall be punished. A person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.