2024/9/2 凌晨12:25 Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China constitutes another crime, the judicial officer shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions which specify a heavier punishment. Article 308 Whoever retaliates against a witness 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. Article 308a Any judicial officer, defender, or agent ad litem, or any other participant in the proceedings who leaks information that should not be made public in a case that is not tried in public in accordance with the law, thereby resulting in the spread of such information or other serious consequences, 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. Whoever commits an act as prescribed in the preceding paragraph and leaks state secrets shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions in Article 398 of this Law. Whoever publicly discloses or reports the case information prescribed in the first paragraph, if the circumstances are serious, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions in the first paragraph. 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 first paragraph. Article 309 Whoever disrupts the order in the courtroom, which falls under any of the following circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, non-custodial correction, or a fine: (1) disrupting or attacking a courtroom with others; (2) assaulting a judicial officer or a participant in the proceedings; (3) insulting, slandering, or threatening a judicial officer or a participant in the proceedings, and refusing to obey the order of the court to cease such an act, thereby seriously disrupting the order in the courtroom; or (4) destroying the facilities of the courtroom, forcibly seizing, or destroying legal documents or evidence, or engaging in other activities of disrupting the order in the courtroom, and the circumstances are serious. Article 310 Whoever knowingly provides a criminal with a hiding place or property, assists the criminal in absconding, or gives false testimony to harbor the criminal shall be sentenced to fixedterm imprisonment of not more than 3 years, short-term custody, or non-custodial correction. If the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 3 years but not more than 10 years. en.npc.gov.cn.cdurl.cn/2020-12/26/c_921604_13.htm 16/40