Article 232 of the Criminal Procedure Law: The people's court of second instance shall conclude the appeal and protest cases within two months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or a case with incidental civil action, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for two months with the approval or decision of the higher people's court of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
The time limit for accepting appeals and protests in the Supreme People's Court shall be decided by the Supreme People's Court.