2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China Section 2 Crimes of Obstructing Justice Article 305 Any witness, expert witness, recorder, or translator in criminal proceedings, who intentionally provides false testimony, expert opinions, records, or translation which are material to the proceedings, intending to frame others or conceal criminal evidence, shall be sentenced to fixedterm imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Article 306 Where any defender or agent ad litem in criminal proceedings destroys or forges evidence, assists a client in destroying or forging evidence, or intimidates a witness into changing testimony deviating from the truth or committing perjury or induces a witness to commit any of the aforementioned acts, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. The circumstance where the witness testimony or other evidence provided, presented, or quoted by a defender or an agent ad litem is inaccurate but not deliberately forged shall not be considered forgery of evidence. Article 307 Whoever, by violence, threat, bribery or other means, hinders a witness from testifying or asks another person to commit perjury shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years. Whoever assists a client in destroying or forging evidence, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years or short-term custody. A judicial officer who commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs shall be given a heavier punishment. Article 307a Whoever brings a civil suit with fabricated facts, thereby obstructing judicial order or seriously infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of another person, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction, and concurrently, a fine, or shall be sentenced to a fine only. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 7 years, and concurrently, a fine. An entity committing a crime as prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be fined, and the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons shall be punished in accordance with the provisions in the preceding paragraph. Whoever commits a crime as prescribed in the first paragraph and unlawfully takes possession of another person's property or evades lawful debts, which constitutes another crime, shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions that specify a heavier punishment. A judicial officer who, by taking advantage of his office, jointly commits a crime as prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs with another person shall be given a heavier punishment. If the act also en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 15/40