Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 125 The people's court shall send a copy of the indictment to the defendant within five days from the date of filing the case, and the defendant shall submit a reply within fifteen days from the date of receiving the indictment. The defense shall specify the defendant's name, gender, age, nationality, occupation, work unit, residence and contact information; The name and domicile of the legal person or other organization and the name, position and contact information of the legal representative or principal responsible person. The people's court shall send a copy of the defense to the plaintiff within five days from the date of receiving the defense. If the defendant fails to submit the defense, it will not affect the trial of the people's court.
Article 111 If a litigant participant or other person commits one of the following acts, the people's court may impose a fine or detention according to the seriousness of the case; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:
(1) Forging or destroying important evidence, which hinders the people's court from hearing a case;
(2) using violence, threats or bribes to prevent witnesses from testifying or instigating, bribing or coercing others to commit perjury;
(3) Hiding, transferring, selling off or destroying the property that has been sealed up or detained, or transferring the property that has been counted and ordered to be kept;
(4) Insulting, slandering, framing, beating or retaliating against judicial personnel, participants in litigation, witnesses, translators, expert witnesses, inspectors and assisting executors;
(5) Obstructing judicial personnel from performing their duties by violence, threat or other means;
(6) Refusing to perform a legally effective judgment or ruling of the people's court.
The people's court may impose a fine or detention on a unit that commits one of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.