According to the provisions of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on punishing the crime of bribery, those who pay bribes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and fined; Whoever seeks illegitimate interests by bribery, if the circumstances are serious or cause heavy losses to the interests of the state, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, or the interests of the state suffer particularly heavy losses, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
If the briber voluntarily confesses the bribery before being prosecuted, he may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Among them, if the circumstances of the crime are minor, which plays a key role in the detection of major cases, or if there is significant meritorious service, the punishment may be mitigated or exempted.
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Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Corruption and Bribery Article 7 Whoever, in order to seek illegitimate interests, offers bribes to state functionaries in an amount of more than 30,000 yuan shall be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes in accordance with the provisions of Article 390 of the Criminal Law.
If the amount of bribes is more than 10,000 yuan but less than 30,000 yuan, under any of the following circumstances, criminal responsibility shall be investigated for accepting bribes in accordance with the provisions of Article 390 of the Criminal Law:
(a) Bribery of three or more persons;
(2) Bribery by using illegal income;
(3) seeking job promotion or adjustment through bribery;
(4) offering bribes to state functionaries who are responsible for the supervision and management of food, medicines, production safety and environmental protection, and engaging in illegal activities;
(five) bribing judicial personnel, which affects judicial justice;
(6) Causing economic losses of more than 500,000 yuan but less than 1 million yuan.
Article 49 of the Lawyers Law: 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 shall give him a penalty 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:
(a) meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations, or otherwise affecting the handling of cases according to law;
(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.