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Judicial Interpretation on the Handling of Criminal Cases Involving False Litigation Issued
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Chinese
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Category:Legislative Updates
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Subject:Criminal law
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Keywords:false litigation; application of law in criminal cases
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Source:Pkulaw
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Publish Date:10-11-2018
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On September 26, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the Interpretation on Several Issues regarding the Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases Involving False Litigation, effective from October 1, 2018. With a total of 12 articles, the Interpretation provides for the definition of criminal acts of false litigation, conviction and sentencing criteria, punishment principles for the concurrent crimes, understanding of criminal policies, and determination of territorial jurisdiction, among others. According to the Interpretation, where a party, unilaterally or maliciously in collusion with any other person, fabricates a civil legal relationship and invents a civil dispute by forging evidence, making mispresentation or any other means, and files a civil lawsuit to a people's court, such act is deemed as a offence of false litigation as prescribed in the Criminal Law. The Interpretation gives full consideration to two circumstances of seriously disrupting the judicial order or seriously infringing upon any other person's lawful rights and interests, clearly provides for six specific circumstances subject to the second tier statutory penalty for the false litigation offender, and sets a catch-all clause for the conviction and sentencing criteria. In addition, the Interpretation further clarifies that the criminal cases involving false litigation are subject to the jurisdiction of the people's courts in the place where the acceptance or enforcement courts of false civil lawsuits are located.
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