Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 91 If a public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall, within three days after detention, submit it to the People's Procuratorate for examination and approval. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days.
For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.
The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.
Article 172 The People's Procuratorate shall make a decision on a case transferred for prosecution by a supervisory organ or a public security organ within one month. For major and complicated cases, it may be extended for fifteen days. If a criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment and meets the applicable conditions of summary procedure, he shall make a decision within ten days, and may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than one year, which may be extended to fifteen days.
If the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes a case and changes its jurisdiction, the time limit for examination and prosecution shall be counted from the date when the changed people's procuratorate receives the case.
Article 202 All judgments shall be publicly announced.
If a verdict is pronounced in court, it shall be served on the parties concerned and the people's procuratorate that initiated the public prosecution within five days; If the sentence is pronounced on a regular basis, it shall be served on the parties concerned and the people's procuratorate that initiated the public prosecution immediately after the announcement. The written judgment shall be served on the defender and the agent ad litem.
208th Article When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 158 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case.
The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed.
Article 303 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Whoever gathers people to gamble or gamble for profit shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined.
Whoever opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined.
Whoever organizes People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens to participate in gambling outside the country (territory), if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.