Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 70 A guarantor shall perform the following obligations: (1) To supervise the guaranteed person to abide by the provisions of Article 71 of this Law; (2) If it is discovered that the warrantee may or has violated the provisions of Article 71 of this Law, it shall promptly report to the executing organ. If the warrantee violates the provisions of Article 71 of this Law and the warrantor fails to perform his guarantee obligations, he shall be fined, and if the case constitutes a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.
Article 79 The people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall not release a criminal suspect or defendant on bail for more than twelve months, and shall not keep him under residential surveillance for more than six months. During the period of bail pending trial and residential surveillance, the investigation, prosecution and trial of the case shall not be interrupted. If it is found that criminal responsibility should not be investigated, or if the term of bail pending trial or residential surveillance expires, the bail pending trial and residential surveillance shall be released in time. When releasing a resident who has been released on bail pending trial, it shall promptly notify the resident who has been released on bail pending trial and the relevant units.