Measures for punishment of illegal acts of lawyers and law firms

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Lawyers Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Lawyers Law) and the Administrative Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Administrative Punishment Law) in order to strengthen the supervision of lawyers and law firms' practice activities, standardize lawyers' practice behaviors and maintain the normal legal service order.

Article 2 Where a lawyer or law firm commits an illegal act and should be given administrative punishment, the judicial administrative organ shall impose administrative punishment in accordance with the Lawyers Law, the Administrative Punishment Law and other relevant laws, regulations, rules and these Measures.

Article 3 The judicial administrative organs shall follow the principles of fairness and openness when imposing administrative penalties. It should be based on facts, which is equivalent to the nature, circumstances and social harm of the illegal act; Adhere to the combination of punishment and education, education and guide lawyers and law firms to practice according to law, and abide by professional ethics and practice discipline.

Article 4 The judicial administrative organ shall establish and improve the supervision system of administrative punishment. The judicial administrative organ at a higher level shall strengthen the supervision and guidance on the implementation of administrative punishment by the judicial administrative organ at a lower level. If it is found that the administrative punishment is illegal or improper, it shall be ordered to correct it in time.

In the implementation of administrative punishment activities, the staff of the judicial administrative organ shall be given administrative sanctions according to law if they violate the law and discipline; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. Article 5 In any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of "practicing in two or more law firms at the same time" as stipulated in Item 1 of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) practicing in this law firm and practicing in other law firms or social legal service institutions at the same time;

(2) Undertaking business in the name of the lawyer of the law firm to be changed before being approved to change the practice institution, or undertaking business in the name of the lawyer of the original law firm after being approved to change.

Article 6 In any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a lawyer "engaging in business by improper means" as stipulated in Item 2 of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) misleading, luring, threatening or making false promises to undertake business;

(2) Undertaking business by paying referral fees, giving kickbacks or promising to provide benefits;

(3) Undertaking business by means of untrue and inappropriate publicity to oneself and the law firm, or defaming the reputation of other lawyers and law firms;

(four) to set up offices and reception rooms outside the residence of the law firm to undertake business.

Article 7 A lawyer who has any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "acting as an agent for both parties in the same case, or acting as an agent for legal affairs with conflicts of interest with himself and his close relatives" as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Acting as an agent or providing relevant legal services for parties with conflicts of interest in the same civil litigation, administrative litigation or non-litigation legal affairs;

(2) Acting as a defender or agent for the defendant and the victim at the same time in the same criminal case, or acting as a defender for two or more criminal suspects and defendants at the same time;

(3) Providing legal services to the parties who have conflicts of interest with the consulting unit during their tenure as legal advisers;

(4) Lawyers who have served as judges and prosecutors act as agents and defenders to undertake cases handled by the original courts and procuratorates;

(5) A lawyer who has served as an arbitrator or is still serving as an arbitrator, acting as an agent to undertake the cases handled by the arbitration institution where he previously served or currently serves.

Article 8 A lawyer who has served as a judge or prosecutor who acts as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court or people's procuratorate or participates in litigation legal affairs undertaken by this law firm in other ways is an illegal act of "acting as an agent ad litem or defender within two years after leaving the people's court or people's procuratorate" as stipulated in Item 4 of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law.

Article 9 In any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of "refusing to perform legal aid obligations" as stipulated in Item 5 of Article 47 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) refusing to accept legal aid cases assigned by law firms or legal aid agencies without justifiable reasons;

(two) after accepting the assignment, slack off or stop performing the duties of legal aid without authorization.

Article 10 A lawyer in any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "accepting entrustment, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from clients without permission" as stipulated in Item 1 of Article 48 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Accepting entrustment or undertaking legal affairs without authorization in violation of the provisions on uniform entrustment or during the period of being sentenced to stop practicing;

(two) in violation of the provisions on the administration of fees, privately collect, use or occupy the lawyer's service fees and the lawyer's travel expenses for handling cases in different places;

(3) Asking the client for other fees, property or other benefits in addition to the uniform fees charged by the law firm;

(4) Asking for fees from legal aid recipients or accepting their property or other benefits.

Article 11 After accepting the entrustment, a lawyer refuses to defend or represent, and does not appear in court on time to participate in litigation or arbitration, except for the following circumstances, which are illegal acts as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) the entrusted matters are illegal, or the client engages in illegal activities by using the legal services provided by lawyers;

(2) The client intentionally conceals important facts related to the case or provides false or forged evidence materials;

(3) The client fails to perform the obligations stipulated in the entrustment contract;

(4) A lawyer suffers from a serious illness or is subject to administrative punishment for stopping practicing;

(5) Other personnel who can refuse to defend or represent according to law.

Article 12 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a lawyer "taking advantage of the convenience of providing legal services to seek the disputed rights and interests of the parties" as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 48 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Obtaining disputed property and rights between the parties and others by inducement, deception, coercion or extortion;

(2) Instructing or inducing the parties to transfer, sell or lease the disputed property and rights to others, and obtain benefits from them.

Article 13 A lawyer who, during or after handling a case, discloses or disseminates the business secrets, personal privacy or other unwilling information of the client or other parties in his practice activities without the authorization or consent of the client or other parties is an illegal act of "disclosing business secrets or personal privacy" as stipulated in Item 4 of Article 48 of the Lawyers Law.

Article 14 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act for a lawyer to "meet with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations, or otherwise affect the handling of cases according to law":

(1) Meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators or other relevant staff members during undertaking agency and defense business, which affects the outcome of handling cases;

(two) the use of special relations with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators or other relevant staff, affecting the handling of cases according to law;

(three) distorted, untrue and misleading propaganda or slander the reputation of the relevant case-handling organs and staff and the other party, which affects the handling of cases according to law.

Article 15 A lawyer in any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "offering bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes" as stipulated in Item 2 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) bribing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other staff members or their close relatives, and giving them gifts, property, securities, etc. When holding weddings, funerals and celebrations;

(2) Paying bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other staff members by decorating houses, reimbursing personal expenses, subsidizing tourism and entertainment, etc.;

(3) bribing judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other staff members by providing means of transportation, communication tools, housing or other articles;

(4) bribing or introducing bribes directly to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other staff members, or instigating or inducing the parties to pay bribes for the purpose of influencing the outcome of handling cases.

Article 16 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a lawyer who "provides false materials to the judicial administrative department or commits other fraudulent acts" as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Concealing the real situation from the judicial administrative organ during inspection and supervision, refusing to provide or providing false or untrue materials, or concealing, destroying or forging evidence materials;

(2) Providing false, untrue, forged materials or committing other fraudulent acts in participating in the annual assessment, practice evaluation and appraisal of lawyers;

(three) providing false, untrue or forged materials when applying for changing the practice institution and going through the formalities of termination and cancellation of practice.

Article 17 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a lawyer who "intentionally provides false evidence or threatens or induces others to provide false evidence to prevent the other party from legally obtaining evidence" as stipulated in Item 4 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Deliberately providing false evidence to judicial organs, administrative organs and arbitration institutions, or instigating, threatening or inducing others to provide false evidence;

(2) instigating or helping clients or others to forge, conceal or destroy evidence, instigating or helping criminal suspects and defendants to collude with each other, threatening or inducing witnesses not to testify or commit perjury;

(3) obstructing the other party and its agents and defenders from obtaining evidence according to law, or preventing others from providing evidence to the case-handling organ or the other party.

Article 18 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a lawyer who "accepts property or other benefits from the other party and maliciously colludes with the other party or a third party to infringe on the rights and interests of the client" as stipulated in Item 5 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Providing the other party or a third party with information or evidential materials that are unfavorable to the client;

(2) Malicious collusion or secret cooperation with the other party or a third party, which hinders the client from exercising his rights according to law;

(3) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, deliberately delaying, slacking off or failing to perform the duties of agency and defense according to law, thus causing adverse effects and losses to the client and the entrusted matters.

Article 19 Under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of lawyers "disturbing the order of courts and arbitration tribunals and interfering with the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities" as stipulated in Item 6 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Instigating or inducing clients to make statements that disrupt the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities in a court or arbitration tribunal;

(two) to prevent the client or other participants in the proceedings from appearing in court, so that the litigation and arbitration activities can not be carried out normally;

(3) Inciting or instructing others to disturb the order of the court or arbitration tribunal;

(4) refusing to appear in court to defend or represent, to sign judicial documents or to sign opinions on relevant litigation documents without justifiable reasons.

Article 20 In any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of "inciting or abetting the parties to solve disputes by illegal means that disturb public order and endanger public security" as stipulated in Item 7 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Inciting or instigating the parties to express their demands by illegal means such as illegal assembly, procession, gathering people to disturb public places and traffic order, containing or attacking state organs, obstructing state organs and their staff from performing their duties according to law, and resisting law enforcement activities or the execution of judgments;

(two) using the media or other means to incite or instigate the parties to interfere with the normal conduct of litigation, arbitration and administrative law enforcement activities in a way that disturbs public order and endangers public safety.

Article 21 A lawyer in any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "publishing statements that endanger national security, maliciously slander others and seriously disturb the court order" as stipulated in Item 8 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) During the period of undertaking agency and defense business, publishing and disseminating statements that endanger national security, maliciously slandering judges, prosecutors, arbitrators, opposing parties and third parties, and seriously disturbing the court order;

(2) publishing, producing or disseminating speech, information or audio-visual products that endanger national security, or supporting, participating in or implementing activities that endanger national security during the practice.

Article 22 A lawyer who violates the obligation of confidentiality and intentionally or negligently divulges state secrets learned in his practice activities is an illegal act of "divulging state secrets" as stipulated in Item 9 of Article 49 of the Lawyers Law. Article 23 If a law firm is under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of "illegally accepting entrustment and charging fees" as stipulated in Item 1 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) in violation of the provisions, not to accept the entrustment in the name of a law firm, to collect the lawyer's service fee and the lawyer's travel expenses for handling cases in different places, and not to issue a valid fee voucher to the client;

(2) Asking or accepting fees, property or other benefits from the client other than those stipulated or agreed in the contract;

(3) conniving at or letting our lawyers commit the illegal acts stipulated in Article 10 of these Measures.

Article 24 If a law firm is under any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of "changing its name, person in charge, articles of association, partnership agreement, domicile, partners and other major matters in violation of legal procedures" as stipulated in Item 2 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Failing to go through the approval or filing procedures for changing the name, person in charge, articles of association, partnership agreement, domicile, partners and organizational form of the law firm;

(2) Failing to develop partners, withdraw from the partnership, withdraw from the partnership or elect the person in charge of the law firm according to the prescribed conditions and procedures;

(3) Failing to handle the division, merger, branch establishment, termination, liquidation or cancellation of the law firm in accordance with the prescribed procedures.

Article 25 A law firm that is under any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of engaging in business activities other than legal services as stipulated in Item (3) of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) to set up an enterprise in the form of sole proprietorship, joint venture with others, entrusted shares, etc., and employ a lawyer as the legal representative or general manager of the enterprise;

(two) engaged in intermediary services or other business activities unrelated to legal services.

Article 26 Where a law firm engages in or connives at or lets its lawyers engage in the illegal acts as stipulated in Article 6 of these Measures, it is an illegal act of a law firm "engaging in business by slandering other law firms and lawyers or paying referral fees" as stipulated in Item 4 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law.

Article 27 A law firm in any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "illegally accepting cases with conflicts of interest" as stipulated in Item 5 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) Entrusting our lawyers to act as agents of the plaintiff and defendant in the same litigation case, or as defenders of the defendant and agents of the victims in the same criminal case;

(2) Failing to examine the conflicts of interest in the entrusted matters in accordance with the provisions, and at the same time or successively appointing lawyers as agents or providing relevant legal services for the parties involved in non-litigation legal affairs with conflicts of interest;

(three) knowing that lawyers and their close relatives have conflicts of interest with the entrusted matters, they still entrust lawyers as agents, defenders or provide relevant legal services;

(4) conniving at or letting our lawyers commit the illegal acts stipulated in Article 7 of these Measures.

Article 28 In any of the following circumstances, it is an illegal act of a law firm "refusing to perform its legal aid obligations" as stipulated in Item 6 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) refusing to accept legal aid cases assigned by legal aid agencies without justifiable reasons;

(two) after accepting the assignment, failing to arrange the lawyers of this firm to undertake legal aid cases in time or refusing to provide conditions and convenience for handling legal aid cases;

(3) conniving at or letting our lawyers commit the illegal acts stipulated in Article 9 of these Measures.

Article 29 A law firm in any of the following circumstances is an illegal act of "providing false materials to the judicial administrative department or engaging in other fraudulent acts" as stipulated in Item 7 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(1) When the judicial administrative organ conducts inspection and supervision, it intentionally conceals the real situation, refuses to provide relevant materials or provides false and untrue materials, or conceals, destroys or forges evidence materials;

(2) Providing false, untrue or forged materials or committing other fraudulent acts in the annual inspection and evaluation, practice evaluation and excellent evaluation of law firms;

(3) providing false, untrue or forged certification materials or committing other fraudulent acts in the process of handling major matters such as the change, establishment of branches, division, merger or termination, liquidation or cancellation of law firms.

Thirtieth any of the following circumstances, resulting in serious consequences and adverse effects, belongs to the law firm's illegal behavior of "neglecting the management of lawyers and causing serious consequences" as stipulated in Item 8 of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law:

(a) failing to establish and improve the internal management system as required, resulting in lax and chaotic daily management, which makes the law firm unable to operate normally;

(2) Failing to effectively supervise lawyers' practice activities as required, or conniving, shielding or protecting lawyers from engaging in illegal and disciplinary activities, thus causing serious consequences;

(3) conniving or letting lawyers continue to practice during the period when the firm is ordered to suspend business for rectification or when the lawyer is sentenced to stop practicing;

(four) failing to accept the annual inspection and assessment according to the provisions, or being assessed as "unqualified" after the annual inspection and assessment;

(five) failing to establish a labor contract system in accordance with the provisions, and failing to apply for unemployment, pension, medical care and other social insurance for hiring lawyers and auxiliary personnel according to law;

(six) other illegal acts, resulting in serious consequences. Article 31 Where the judicial administrative organ gives a warning, fines, confiscates illegal income or stops practicing, it shall be executed by the judicial administrative organ of the city divided into districts or the municipality directly under the Central Government (county) where the lawyer's practice institution is located; The punishment for revoking the practice certificate shall be executed by the judicial administrative organ of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government that allows the lawyer to practice.

If the judicial administrative organ gives a warning, fines, confiscates illegal income or suspends business for rectification, it shall be executed by the judicial administrative organ of the city or city (county) district where the law firm is located; The punishment for revoking the practice license shall be imposed by the judicial administrative organs of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government that have permitted the establishment of the law firm.

Article 32 If a lawyer commits an illegal act as stipulated in Article 47 of the Lawyers Law and Articles 5 to 9 of these Measures, the judicial administrative organ shall give him a warning and may impose a fine of not more than 5,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, the punishment of stopping practicing for less than three months shall be given.

Lawyers who commit illegal acts as stipulated in Article 48 of the Lawyers Law and Articles 10 to 13 of these Measures shall be given a warning by the judicial administrative organ and may be fined up to 10,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be punished for stopping practicing for more than three months and less than six months.

Lawyers who commit illegal acts as stipulated in Article 49 of the Lawyers Law and Articles 14 to 22 of these Measures shall be punished by the judicial administrative organ for stopping practicing for more than six months and less than one year, and may also be fined less than 50,000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are serious, his lawyer's practice certificate shall be revoked; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Article 33 If a law firm commits illegal acts as stipulated in Article 50 of the Lawyers Law and Articles 23 to 30 of these Measures, the judicial administrative organ shall give a warning according to the circumstances, suspend business for rectification for more than/kloc-0 months and less than 6 months, and may impose a fine of 1 00000 yuan; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; If the circumstances are particularly serious, the practice license of the law firm shall be revoked.

Article 34 The judicial administrative organ shall, in accordance with the Administrative Punishment Law, the Lawyers Law, the provisions of the Administrative Punishment Procedure of the Ministry of Justice and these Measures, impose administrative penalties on lawyers and law firms for their illegal acts.

Thirty-fifth lawyers and law firms have the right to state, defend and request a hearing on the administrative punishment given by the judicial administrative organ; Refuses to accept the decision on administrative punishment, has the right to apply for administrative reconsideration or bring an administrative lawsuit according to law; If the administrative punishment given by the judicial administrative organ in violation of the law causes damage, it has the right to claim compensation according to law.

Article 36 When imposing administrative punishment, judicial administrative organs shall comprehensively, objectively and fairly investigate and verify the facts and evidence of illegal acts of lawyers and law firms, and may conduct inspections according to law when necessary.

To investigate an illegal act, the lawyers and law firms under investigation may be required to explain the situation and submit relevant materials; Consult the relevant business files and archival materials of law firms; You can investigate and verify the situation and collect evidence from relevant units and individuals; Evidence that may be lost or difficult to obtain in the future may be registered and preserved in advance.

The judicial administrative organ may entrust the judicial administrative organ at the next lower level or the judicial administrative organ at the place where the illegal act occurred to investigate, or entrust the lawyers association to assist in the investigation.

Article 37 The specific application of administrative punishment shall be decided by the judicial administrative organ in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Lawyers Law and these Measures, and according to the facts, nature, circumstances and degree of harm of illegal acts of lawyers and law firms, within the scope of legal punishment.

Give a warning to the lawyer, stop practicing and revoke the lawyer's practice certificate, give a warning to the law firm, suspend business for rectification and revoke the law firm's practice license certificate, and may also impose a fine as appropriate; If there are illegal gains, the illegal gains shall be confiscated.

Article 38 A lawyer or law firm may be given a lighter or mitigated administrative punishment under any of the following circumstances:

(a) take the initiative to eliminate or mitigate the harmful consequences of illegal acts;

(two) take the initiative to report and actively cooperate with the judicial administrative organs to investigate and deal with illegal acts;

(3) Being coerced by others to commit illegal acts;

(four) other circumstances that should be given a lighter or mitigated punishment according to law.

If the illegal act is minor and corrected in time, and no harmful consequences are caused, no administrative punishment shall be imposed.

Article 39 If a lawyer or law firm commits any of the following illegal acts, if the circumstances are serious or especially serious as stipulated in the Lawyers Law, it shall be given a heavier punishment within the scope of statutory administrative punishment:

(a) the illegal act has caused great losses to the parties, third parties or public interests;

(two) the nature of the illegal act is bad, and the circumstances are bad, which seriously damages the image of the lawyer industry and causes bad social impact;

(three) there are two or more illegal acts at the same time or the amount involved is huge;

(4) When investigating and handling illegal acts, the judicial administrative organ refuses to correct or continue to carry out illegal acts, refuses to submit, conceal or destroy evidence or provides false or forged evidence;

(five) other cases that should be severely punished according to law.

Article 40 If a lawyer should be warned within one year after being warned, he shall be punished for stopping practicing for more than three months and less than one year. A lawyer's practice certificate shall be revoked if he is punished for stopping practicing within two years after the expiration of the period or is punished for stopping practicing again.

If a law firm is punished for suspension of business for rectification before the expiration of the time limit or within two years after the expiration of the time limit, its practice license shall be revoked.

Article 41 If a law firm is punished for illegal acts, the judicial administrative organ shall, in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 50 of the Lawyers Law, give corresponding administrative sanctions to the person in charge of the law firm according to the seriousness of its management responsibility and dereliction of duty.

If a law firm is punished for illegal acts, it shall also investigate the legal responsibility of the lawyers who are directly responsible and give corresponding administrative penalties according to law.

Forty-second lawyers and law firms whose illegal acts constitute a crime should be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law, the judicial administrative organ shall transfer the case to the judicial organ for handling, and shall not substitute administrative punishment for criminal punishment.

If a lawyer is subject to criminal punishment for illegal practice or non-practice reasons, the judicial administrative organ shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate. If a criminal punishment is imposed for a negligent crime, he shall stop performing his duties as a lawyer during the period of serving his sentence or probation, and may apply for resuming his practice after the expiration.

Forty-third judicial administrative organs to implement administrative punishment, should be approved by the person in charge of the organ, and in accordance with the requirements of the "Administrative Punishment Law" to make a written decision on administrative punishment.

If the circumstances are complicated or major illegal acts are given heavier administrative punishment, it shall be decided by the person in charge of the judicial administrative organ through collective discussion; When a decision is made through collective discussion, the lawyers' association may be invited to send representatives to participate.

Article 44 When imposing administrative punishment, the judicial administrative organ may, if necessary, notify the relevant administrative punishment decision in the lawyer industry or announce it to the public in an appropriate way.

Forty-fifth punished lawyers and law firms should consciously, timely and comprehensively implement the decision on administrative punishment, and truthfully report the implementation to the judicial administrative organ.

The judicial administrative organ shall supervise the implementation of administrative punishment decisions by lawyers and law firms, and shall order them to make corrections in time or take corresponding measures according to law when problems are found.

Article 46 If a lawyer or law firm is subject to administrative punishment for illegal practice, and its illegal behavior causes damage to the parties or a third party, it shall bear corresponding civil liabilities according to law.

If the law firm is liable for compensation because of the lawyer's illegal behavior, the law firm may recover compensation from the lawyer who has intentional or gross negligence after compensation.

Forty-seventh lawyers who have been punished for stopping practicing before the expiration of the time limit may not apply for changing their practice institutions; A person who has been punished for stopping practicing for more than six months may not become a partner during the execution of the punishment and has not recovered for three years.

If a law firm is punished by suspending business for rectification before the expiration of the time limit, it shall not decide to dissolve itself, apply for changing its name, apply for division or merger, or apply for establishing a branch office; The person in charge of the law firm, the partners and the lawyers who are directly responsible for the punishment of the law firm's suspension of business for rectification shall not apply for changing the practice institution. Forty-eighth law firm branch and its lawyers illegal behavior, by the judicial administrative organ where the branch is located in accordance with the "Lawyers Law" and these measures shall be given administrative punishment. The punishment decision shall be copied to the law firm that has established a branch office and the judicial administrative organ at the municipal or municipal (county) level where it is located.

Article 49 The municipal judicial administrative organs with districts as mentioned in these Measures include the judicial administrative organs of regions, states and prefecture-level cities without districts.

Article 50 These Measures shall come into force as of June, 2065 1 day. The Measures for Punishment of Illegal Acts of Lawyers and Law Firms issued by the Ministry of Justice on March 19, 2004 (Order No.86 of the Ministry of Justice) shall be abolished at the same time.