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Article 50 of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a law firm commits any of the following acts, it shall be given a warning by the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the municipal level or the municipality directly under the Central Government, suspend business for rectification for more than one month and less than six months, and may also be fined less than 100,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are particularly serious, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke the practice certificate of the law firm:
(1) Accepting entrustment or charging fees in violation of regulations;
(two) in violation of legal procedures to change the name, person in charge, articles of association, partnership agreement, domicile, partners and other major issues;
(3) engaging in business activities other than legal services;
(four) to slander other law firms, lawyers or pay referral fees and other improper means to undertake business;
(5) Accepting cases with conflicts of interest in violation of regulations;
(6) Refusing to perform the obligation of legal aid;
(seven) providing false materials to the judicial administrative department or committing other fraudulent acts;
(eight) dereliction of duty in the management of lawyers in this firm, resulting in serious consequences. If a law firm is punished for the illegal acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall give a warning or a fine of less than 20,000 yuan to the person in charge, depending on the seriousness of the case.
Article 306 Crimes of Defenders and Agents ad litem Destroying or Forging Evidence and Obstructing Testimony In criminal proceedings, defenders and agents ad litem who destroy or falsify evidence, help the parties to destroy or falsify evidence, threaten or induce witnesses to change their testimony of facts or commit perjury shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Witness testimony or other evidence provided, presented or quoted by defenders or agents ad litem is inaccurate, not intentionally forged, and does not belong to forged evidence.