Preventing and investigating false litigation in civil trial opinions

Litigation fraud judicial response
2012-10-9 11:39:27

 

 

 

The Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's court

 

On the prevention and investigation of false litigation in civil adjudication

Several opinions

 

(by the Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's court trial committee in November 18, 2008 2067th session)

ZG (2008) No. 362




   In order to prevent and punish false lawsuits, promoting litigation honesty, guarantee the normal activities of civil litigation, safeguard judicial authority, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and judicial interpretations, combine me the province is actual, make this opinion.

False action first mentioned in these suggestions, is refers to the civil litigation parties malicious collusion, take up legal relationship, fabricated the facts of the case method to bring a civil action, or by the notary documents false arbitration award, for execution, the court made a wrong judgment or execution, to obtain illegal behavior of interests.

Article second the following cases, should pay particular attention to the trial:

(a) the folk lending case;

(two) cases of divorce party for the defendant's property dispute case;

(three) has a negative value of enterprises, other organizations, natural and man-made defendant property dispute case;

(four) restructuring of state-owned, collective enterprises for the defendant's property dispute case;

(five) the natural person the divisions within the household division as subject, inheritance, the sale of housing contract dispute cases;

(six) cases involving well-known trademark recognition.

Any of the following circumstances third in litigation, the judges shall be careful examination, to prevent false litigation:

(a) the facts, grounds for prosecution counterintuitive, evidence for the presence of forgery may;

(two) if the party concerned refuses to appear in court in the proceedings without justified reasons, the entrusted agent of the facts of the case statement is not clear;

(three) the plaintiff and defendant, cooperate tacit understanding, there is no substantive plea against;

(four) the mediation agreement easy;

(five) there are other abnormalities in litigation.

Article fourth court shall in the filed of the hall or the people's court case window ban false litigation notice, to lead the party integrity action.

There is a false litigation suspected cases of fifth trial, the judicial personnel shall report to the president, the president immediately, and the case shall be recorded abnormal conditions attached, to warn each link in the trial.

Sixth cases of suspected fraud litigation, the court may take the following measures in the process of trial:

(a) to summon the parties to take part in the proceedings;

(two) inform the parties to submit the original evidence;

(three) require the witness to testify;

(four) to the interested parties informed of the situation, and notify them to take part in the proceedings;

(five) according to the authority of investigation and evidence collection;

(six) invited the relevant departments, grass-roots organizations in the examination of the mediation agreement;

(seven) other measures can be taken in accordance with the law.

Seventh of the debt dispute case, the court shall strictly examine the debt produces time, place, reason, purpose, payment, contract and the creditor and the debtor's economic condition.

Eighth cases of suspected fraud litigation, the court shall summon the litigants in court.

The plaintiff refuses to appear in court without justified reasons, the court or midway without permission by the court, may deal with it as a case.

If the defendant refuses to appear in court without justified reasons, in accordance with the "Regulations of PRC Civil Procedure Law" article 100th shall summon.

Ninth on suspected cases of false litigation, court shall notify the parties to submit the original evidence or witnesses to testify in court, a party concerned refuses to submit the original evidence, or the witness refuses to testify in court, the people's court may legally recognized fact evidence of parties that deficiency.

Tenth on suspected cases of false litigation, civil litigation agent entrusted by the parties, should be strictly in accordance with the "Zhejiang Province Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Provincial Department of justice norms on certain provisions of civil administrative litigation activities agent in accordance with the law (Trial)" execution.

Eleventh interested outsiders and false litigation case, can put forward to apply to the court for retrial.

Twelfth after examination and confirmation of the false litigation cases, effective judgment or civil mediation has been made, the people's court shall cancel the effective judgment or civil mediation in accordance with legal procedures, and reject.

Thirteenth on suspected cases of fraud litigation, party applies for the withdrawal of the suit, the court may approve; after examination and confirmation of the false litigation cases, the party applies for the withdrawal of the suit, the court shall not permit.

Fourteenth to participate in the relevant personnel to create false litigation case, in accordance with the "Regulations of the people's Republic of China Civil Procedure Law", according to the seriousness of the circumstances, shall be admonished, fines, detention; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.

To participate in making a false litigation lawyer, should also put forward the proposal to the relevant judicial administrative organs in accordance with the relevant provisions of law, "" the people's Republic of China shall revoke the lawyer practicing license.

To participate in the trial manufacture of false lawsuits, the Supreme People's court shall be in accordance with the "people's court judges illegal judicial accountability approach (Trial)" and "the people's court disciplinary measures (Trial)" and "the Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's Court on the case supervision regulations" serious processing.

Fifteenth of the report false litigation cases of units and individuals, verified, should be rewarded.

To prevent and punish the judicial personnel to highlight the achievements of the false litigation case, should be commended.

Article sixteenth the people's courts at all levels found false lawsuit, should be informed in the range, and the Provincial Higher People's court step by step.

Article seventeenth the comments by the Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's court trial committee is responsible for the interpretation of.

Article eighteenth the comments from the date of implementation.

 

 

Litigation fraud judicial response

Source: Changzhou Municipal Intermediate People's

 

     Published: 2010-02-10
 

Abstract: the litigation fraud is a crime is common in judicial practice, its harmfulness is obviously, but the current in the theory about the nature of litigation fraud behavior has the very great dispute, plus the criminal law and judicial interpretation are not clearly defined, the resulting qualitative for litigation fraud judicial departments have different case, this is not unified approach will certainly affect the judicial authority and credibility, therefore, for fraud in lawsuit is necessary to unify the penalty. Make the following interpretation of the pace of the times we advocate for traditional fraud behavior, that the fraud behavior including triangle fraud case, so that litigation fraud crime of fraud of the conclusion.

   Keywords: litigation fraudTriangle fraudFraud judicial response

   A, problem

   One case: a friend from A company bought a Santana sedan, due to non payment, the name with their played an IOU, after the car was a friend to sell, the car used for drug. A sent a company of agent B, C, d three went to a debit. When a no property to repay, also understand that a few years ago had contracted B company, B company hands some cover seal blank stationery, nail the blank stationery forged B company to A company "repayment" service three agents said, as taking according to B company to the suburb of Kaifeng City People's court. The court in accordance with the "repayment" and sentenced to B company pay for the car to A company, B company and repeatedly freezing the account. In 1998 November, the procuratorial organs on the B, C, d three to Kaifeng City Nanguan District People's court prosecution, on charges of perjury, after the judicial committee for discussion, the court finally sentenced to three people. This case is consistent with the previously mentioned make false litigation evidence is part of fake, counterfeit "repayment" is written on the cover of B the seal of the company letterhead, although the print is real, but the debtor creditor relationship is imaginary, Nanguan District of Kaifeng City People's court finally the act of litigation fraud that innocence.

   Case two: "procuratorial daily" (March 6, 2000) published a story titled "manufacturing Jiaan deceptive property -- a lawyer in Xinjiang was sentenced to eight years in" report, the basic facts are: Xinjiang four law firms Wang Xiongwei to forge evidence means, trying to make Jiaan, defrauding others property 42 yuan. Prosecution by the Urumqi City Tianshan District Procuratorate, Urumqi Tianshan District Court to fraud (attempted) sentenced to 8 years in prison, and fined 5000 yuan.

   Case three: in order to avoid debt and future and his wife divorce division of property for their own benefit, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province Bureau of Yuhuan County land tax cadres Zhang Feng in 2003 to Lee enterprises such as nine main friends issue IOUs, fictional facts and drafted the civil petition, asked nine friends to the identity of the plaintiff to his court, the court judgement or order for nine copies, involving up to 3800000 yuan. In November 16, 2007, the "pseudo case" Zhang Feng prime culprit was sentenced to two years and six months in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, Yuhuan County people's court to testify against the trial.

   See from the above three litigation fraud case of different decisions, the current judicial practice in China qualitatively for litigation fraud exist significant differences, such differences will affect the judicial authority and credibility, have adverse consequences, thus the construction of a country under the rule of law. Therefore, the qualitative problem of litigation fraud to be solved.

   Two, qualitative analysis of fraud litigation

   (a) concept, the characteristic of litigation fraud

   For the concept of litigation fraud, Chinese and foreign scholars of different views, but generally, fraud by lawsuit, refers to the act in the civil lawsuit as a method, providing false statements, present false evidence, or Colluding witness to present false evidence, makes the court in favor of their own judgment, so as to obtain property or property on the illegitimate interests. [1]

   Including the characteristics of litigation fraud:

   1, about the object of litigation fraud violations, the object of our country criminal law educational world the majority view of litigation fraud is a complex object (or double object), which is a violation of the ownership of public or private property, but also hinder the normal activity of the judicial organs of the state. [2] but there are those who think the object of litigation fraud is the normal order of civil litigation. [3] some people believe that the object of litigation fraud is a single object, namely the ownership of public or private property. [4] I think, falsifying evidence from the litigation fraud, defrauding the court made the decision behavior, is indeed a normal activity interferes with the judicial organs of the state, and its ultimate aim is to cheat the behavior of public or private property or property interests, so that the harm is complex object, and in public or private property for its the main object of.

   For the performance of the 2, litigation fraud Objective: fact or fiction to conceal the truth, forgery, it is the premise of the act of litigation fraud; litigation fraud in lawsuit, this is form elements necessary; substantive litigation fraud is fraud the court, make mistakes, and mistakes made on the property disposition and the property of interest; legal consequences of litigation fraud is the court made the mistake sanctions on the property, illegal possession the property or property interests, and the victim will suffer loss of property.

   3, the subjective aspect of litigation fraud is intentional, and illegal possession of the property or property interest.

   In practice, litigation fraud generally appear in the following forms: one is the acts themselves forge evidence, prove that the use of various means the presence or absence of counterfeit credit debt relationship, such as a note, the repayment agreement, debt guarantee agreement, debt settlement certificate; two is the behavior of the victim's privacy, stress its debts in writing from the card imaginary relationship; three is the behavior of the victim error or mistake, the victim has to fulfill debt instruments for credentials, to the court, asked the victim to once again perform. If the borrower has repaid the loan, but because of forgotten or for lenders to trust, no return or destruction of loan certificate, resulting in arrears have been paid but loan certificate is still retained in the hands of the lender.

   (two) analysis of litigation fraud theory

   1, the current qualitative on litigation fraud in China's academic circles mainly have the following several kinds of views:

   First, innocence. In the innocence of includes the different views:

   1) completely innocent. The say that litigation fraud is the act of civil litigation, does not constitute any crime. And to form the characteristics of litigation fraud and the crime of fraud and crime of contract fraud is compared and the crime punishment legal principle gives the reason for the angle of litigation fraud: subjective intention, objective behavior and the object is not in conformity with the constitution of crime of fraud and crime of contract fraud. First, the crime of fraud is a direct intentional crime, and the illegal possession of public or private property for the purpose of litigation fraud, but the person's mental state is not consistent with the subjective elements. Secondly, the victim of the fraud crime and deceived people with the same sex, and the victim is "voluntary" to deliver the property, while the litigation fraud (or other) is the court instead of the victim, and the victim is out of fear of legal authority and "forced" to deliver the goods. Finally, the object of fraud crime is the object of property rights, contract fraud crime is the order of the market economy and property ownership, and the object of litigation fraud is a violation of the normal order of civil litigation. Therefore, fraud in lawsuit is "harm degree is not inferior to the crime of fraud, but from the crime constitution theory analysis does not constitute a crime of fraud, crime of contractual fraud. In the absence of corresponding provisions of criminal penalties, according to the 'no crime without law making it' principle, only by the innocent treatment". [5]

   2) innocence and other crimes. The view from the study of legal policy in October 24, 2002 the Supreme People's Procuratorate chamber to the people's Procuratorate of Shandong province "by falsifying evidence about the research laboratory for civil court judge occupies others property behavior issues of law application to reply" (hereinafter referred to as the "reply"), "reply" pointed out: for the purpose of illegal possession, mainly is the trial normal activities of people's court by falsifying evidence for civil court judge occupies others property behavior violated, can be made by the people's court in accordance with the relevant provisions of the civil procedure law to make, should not be investigated for criminal liability for fraud behavior of human. If the act of forging the evidence, the implementation of the fake companies, enterprises, institutions, people's organizations seal behavior, which constitutes a crime, shall be in accordance with the provisions of article second of criminal law 280th, forged in companies, enterprises, institutions, people's organizations seals shall be investigated for criminal responsibility; if the act had instigate others to commit perjury behavior, constitute a crime shall be in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 307th of the criminal law, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in order to testify against the.

   Second, guilty said. Hold this view in our scholars mostly, that litigation fraud is guilty, but the specific qualitative and has a different point of view.

   1) fraud. The argument is: form of fraud can be both direct fraud, namely the behavior of people in order to illegal possession of public or private property by fraud, directly to the owner of the property, and also by the state power indirectly implement fraud. On the behavior of people by state organs (mainly the judicial organ), with the aid of the state power to the illegal purpose of fraud in lawsuit property, should be determined as crime of fraud. [6]

   2) the crime of blackmail and impose exactions on said. In this view, the act of litigation fraud crime of blackmail and impose exactions on the establishment of. This kind of view of the scholars, firstly, blackmail and impose exactions on crime is by means of threats or coercion, forcing others to deliver the property. But the threat, the threat of various measures. Litigation fraud is enforced by the court forced the delivery of property, but not for the defendant's property. Secondly, the implementation of fraud is the use of the victim's weaknesses (such as cheap or lack of vigilance) fraud, easier to succeed, great harm to society. But the judge has a review of the facts of the case the authenticity of the responsibility, and professional skills, behavior person make possibility of litigation fraud succeed relatively small. Because, even if a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant may appeal for revision; second, even if the plaintiff, the defendant can also request the prosecutorial protest, there was commuted to chance. Therefore, the litigation fraud as method for a special way, blackmail and impose exactions on more appropriate. [7]

   3) robbery said. This kind of view of the scholars, robbery refers to the illegal all for the purpose, by violence, coercion or other means, to plunder of public or private property behavior. When the court on the basis of formal realism, on the basis of the act of forging evidence to make the victim of adverse judgment or ruling, at this time, the property was in a dangerous state, i.e. if the victim does not fulfill the judgment or ruling, the court will take enforcement measures (Bao Li), the court become the behavior person acquisition of wealth (Bao Li, coercion or other means) tool, the behavior person constitute indirect perpetrator of robbery cases (because in this state, the court may not constitute the crime of robbery). [8]

   Third, the perfection of criminal law that. This view has two kinds of different ideas:

   1) improve the perjury. The said that, in view of the act of litigation fraud is mainly through forgery way impeding the trial activities normal people's court, which belongs to this behavior is suitable for perjury. But China's current criminal law article 305th of the crime, the subject of the crime scope is small, only to witness in criminal proceedings, identification, record, translation, which requires of perjury crime in the existing criminal law was modified, which should expand the scope of subject of perjury crime, will the parties in civil litigation is also included. However, should pay attention to is, civil action has different characteristics and criminal litigation, criminal litigation is usually related to the citizen's freedom and right to life, once the decision error, the loss is irreparable. Therefore harm the false evidence in criminal litigation is more serious, the corresponding, criminal for the false evidence in criminal litigation is more severe. The act of perjury in civil usually endangers is the property rights of citizens, if the decision is wrong, so the loss is relatively easy to make up for,, acts of perjury in a civil action in criminal conditions as well as the applicable penalties on nature should be differentiated with false evidence in criminal litigation. Therefore, the said that in the current criminal law 305th a new paragraph is added as the second paragraph: "falsification of evidence in civil proceedings, if the circumstances are serious, the establishment of perjury, is less than 3 years imprisonment or criminal detention." [9]

   2) of criminal law litigation fraud.

The view in view of the fraud in lawsuit lacks clear grounds for punishment, but not make fraud facts, therefore should set up the litigation fraud in crime.

   2, on the above views

   1) innocent said point of view, that the act of litigation fraud and general fraud behavior is not the same, from the point of view of the legal principle of crime and punishment, claims of innocence. The author thinks that, this view is very difficult to set up. First of all, from the perspective of social harmfulness angle, litigation fraud behavior through illegal possession of property, in violation of the public and private ownership of property but also destroyed the normal litigation order, or judicial organ normal activity, damage to the fairness and the authority of judicial organs according to the referee, the social harmfulness is self-evident.; secondly, from the perspective of crime elements, there are relationships among elements between the act of litigation fraud and fraud crime. Litigation fraud is in itself contains the common fraud property, when the perpetrator of the unlawful purpose of occupancy, through litigation means, to achieve its objective, subjective certainly hope that the results of such harm occurring, so we cannot rule out the intent of crime. As for the objective, characteristics of ordinary fraud is usually: the perpetrators of fraud, the fraud behavior which caused by the mistakes of others, deceived and dispose of property due to error (cheated and disposition of property must be the same person), the lead to two results, one is because of the cause of the property disposition cheated cheated himself or third in property damage (dispose of the property and property losses are not necessarily the same person); two is the behavior of other property or property interests, or to make others access to property or property interest (behavior and profit it is not the same person). This model can be summarized as: -- -- -- error behavior disposition impaired (De Li). In the process of litigation, the court should have "disposition" presumed to both parties of property, in the non malicious litigation cases, the judge according to law and the evidence is certainly can dispose of the property rights, otherwise, malicious litigation even if a side litigant in lawsuit, realism under the judge, also has to dispose of the property rights. Based on the above analysis, the author thinks that, even in the principles of legality, that view is not desirable.

   2) blackmail and impose exactions on crime and robbery crime point of view, from the delivery of the property behavior of non voluntary, but under the court compulsory and deterrent force before the delivery of the property's point of view, these two views are obtained. Especially after the court ruling but the victim has not yet delivered the property and the court based on the decision to take coercive measures of the occasion, people by means of state violence to obtain the desired property or property interests, the enforcement court as their implementation of the tool, so the establishment of indirect principal offender. The author thinks, from the mode of behaviors, both blackmail and impose exactions on crime or crime of robbery, is the illegal behavior of human generated based on the fear of heart and hand over the property; and in the litigation fraud cases, the victim is forced to deliver goods, delivery, but the delivery of property behavior is not made because of their own the fear in other words, is the constitutive elements of the court on the basis of the decision taken coercive measures not blackmail and impose exactions on or the crime of robbery in behavior, therefore, these two views is the same between the two, so that this conclusion is not scientific.

   3) about the Supreme People's Procuratorate "reply", the author believes that the "answer" is somewhat reasonable, but the view from the other litigation fraud behavior means consideration, namely criminal evaluation for falsifying evidence and other means, to the neglect of litigation fraud for essential considerations, the provisions of the first paragraph of article 307th of the criminal law. Prejudice to the crime, is the act of a witness from giving testimony or instigates others to commit perjury through various means, the provisions of paragraph second of the destruction, crime of fabricating evidence, and the behavior of people I made false statements is not specified in the among them, this and the litigation fraud in different ways. Moreover, the "answer" is not a judicial interpretation, has no effect generally applicable.

   Qualitative analysis of 3, litigation fraud

   1) of sin

   Current our country about the nature of crime although there are different views, but it still think crime is the essence of social harmfulness. Fraud in lawsuit has a great social harmfulness: first of all, the act of litigation fraud makes the victim's property and property interests suffer great harm or threat. Because of litigation fraud is the act of taking illegal possession of property and property interests, so once succeed, serious violations of the property ownership, even in the case of attempted, serious risk of damage to the victim's property. Secondly, the act of litigation fraud undermining the authority of the judicial activities, causing great damage to the rule of law in our country. Chief justice Gerard Brun of Australia said: "rule of law depends on even can say is equivalent to the credibility of the court....... Destroy the public confidence in the court, also destroyed the foundation of the rule of law." Behavior of [10] litigation fraud has strong concealment and great deceptive, it is easy to make the court to make the wrong decision, will produce many should not have any law enforcement contradiction, make people lose the trust of the court. Judicial authority is the core of legal authority. The setting up of the judicial authority is very important in the realistic society, because "of social control, especially for the social control under the condition of modern civilization, probably not what legal authority than to create a more effective and more economic. As a social once establish authority, it means that people's behavior does not need too much social pressure, will be oriented to social cooperation and rational, in a certain sense, the core problem of modern social control is to create a realistic legal authority." [11]

   The social harmfulness of the above analysis we can see that litigation fraud has come the need to be regulated by the criminal law degree, therefore, for fraud in lawsuit should be treated as a crime. So the above that litigation fraud does not constitute any crime view is groundless.

   2, conviction and analysis

   The author thinks, should with punish of crime of fraud litigation fraud.

   Fraud usually is: the behavior of the implementation of fraud, the victim mistake and dispose of their own property in possession, and finally led to the loss of property. On this occasion, the victims (property punishment) is identical with the victim (hereinafter referred to as among the two fraud). However, in the crime of fraud, also affected by the presence of a (property punishment) and the victim is not the same person (or don't have the same nature) phenomenon. This situation in the criminal law theory, known as the triangle fraud, also called fraud among the three. And the litigation fraud in criminal law theory is regarded as a typical pattern of triangle fraud. [12] triangle fraud, crime of fraud should be treated as:

   First, the nature of the tripartite fraud with fraud. As an atypical pattern of crime of fraud, infringement of triangle fraud and fraud to law is consistent. [13] in the ordinary fraud case, usually is the victim directly to dispose of their own possession of the property (including their own and all and their possession but not all of the two cases), dispose of the property crime reason is the implementation of the fictional facts or conceal the truth to deceive behavior; disposition effect is to lose their property, specific performance will own the property transfer is behavior person or third person all. Similarly, in the triangle fraud, although the victim did not dispose of the property, also did not make a mistake, but by the victim to dispose of property, but by the reasons lie in disposal of the property is still cheating behavior, dispose of the property the same is to lose the property, and the specific performance is the victim's property transfer behavior or the third party. Therefore, the essence of fraud and fraud triangle, is because the criminals out some cheating, and the property of all property ownership transfer took place, its basic characteristics are the same.

   Second, victims and victims don't have the same. In our traditional theory of criminal law will be in the crime of fraud victims and victims of a strict interpretation of the same person, fraud and other new fraud cannot include such as the crime of fraud on letter of credit, credit card. Along with the social change process intensified, the property relationship between the members of society has become more complex, the emergence of a large number of fraud in the victim and deceived people and property disposition inconsistencies. The meaning of the criminal law should also be with the new interpretation of the development of society, the interpretation of criminal law should be more complete expression of the original intention of legislation, and on this basis, further clarify the meaning of the code provisions and refers to the limit. Bo Tallis in drafting the "French Civil Code" pointed out: "to those not included in the range of reasonable legislation abnormal rare and special case, lawmakers who have no time to handle too varied, too controversial details and even try to foresee also doesn't help or reckless foresight is all dangerous,...... We should leave some space to experience to be filled." [14] that is to say, "law just temporarily the fact summary, it must maintain the openness of the system, may not be the end of the system, and therefore can not be ready for all the questions the standard answer." [15] in fact, according to the provisions of article 266th of the criminal law of our country, as long as the behavior of cheating the public and private property, the amount is relatively large, can constitute a crime of fraud, and not the same defined cheated and victim for elements. China's criminal law 193rd bills fraud, 196th credit card fraud is that legislators must be fraud and not necessarily the best example of the same. From the perspective of overlap of articles of law, common fraud and credit card fraud, financial fraud department subordinate clauses of concurrence, specific performance: the logical constitution law containing elements of another law in extension. "To the crime the evaluation of epitaxial small law, from the logical to the evaluation for another extension of the law." Triangle fraud fraud and credit fraud is a typical [16] bills fraud, credit card, has been confirmed by the legislation, the crime of credit card fraud is fraud is contained in the extension, therefore, must logically to the evaluation for ordinary crime of fraud. In the changes of the times and the legislation affirmed, a fraud elements limit interpretation, it will cause massive fraud crime with the same social harmfulness, infringement of the same benefits to escape punishment, will also cause the contradiction in the criminal law system of the law and conflict.

   Third, from the relevant provisions of the criminal law point of view, the criminal law about financial fraud provisions, in fact also contains a triangle fraud case. [17] such as the article 196th of the criminal law will infringe upon the credit card act provides for the crime of credit card fraud, article 194th of the criminal law will infringe upon the draft, promissory note, check the Act provides for the crime of bills defraud, in fact there is the fraud one one or one one victims of the fraud triangle relationship. Before the criminal law does not clearly defined as two crime independent crime, both in theoretical circles and judicial circles, has been the fraudulent behavior as a form of expression, fraud fraud that, originally the tripartite fraud; crime in criminal law will be two independent crime, separated from the crime of credit card fraud and bill fraud from the ordinary crime of fraud, the provisions of the two crime law and the provisions of the articles of the crime of fraud is formed between the relation of special law and common law. Generally speaking, in conformity with the provisions of behavior, are in line with the common law. Then, using others' drafts, promissory notes, cheques and credit card fraud others behavior, it is not only in conformity with the law of bills defraud crime, credit card fraud, and in accordance with the constitution of the ordinary crime of fraud.

   Fourth, the tripartite fraud out without any legal basis in the fraud, do not accord with the spirit of the legislation on the crime of fraud of criminal law. [18] from the provisions of article 266th of the criminal law point of view, the article on the crime of fraud provisions of the legislation of crime is concise, this legislation mode is conducive to the realization of stability and predictability of the criminal code, adapting to the changes and development of social situation, to better cope with the future society may appear update, more complicated, more cunning types of fraud. Article 266th of the criminal law stipulates: "the fraud of public or private property, large amount of, a fixed-term imprisonment less than three years, criminal detention or control, or be fined," does not specify or restrict fraud in specific ways, nor will the object of the crime of swindling confined to cheated people own property, but not the crime of fraud the disposition of property to the people, or not clearly defined property punishment (is a) whether the disposition of the property for himself all the. Therefore, no matter what fraud behavior way, whether common fraud or fraud triangle, the victim and deceived people is the same person, cheated people to dispose of the property is my all, in article 266th of the criminal law stipulated the "fraud" semantic can be contained within the scope of, all accord with the objective conditions the crime of fraud. "The interpretation of criminal law is full of in the heart of justice, eye constantly from the criminal law and the facts of life...... On the premise of not only violates the crime punishment legal principle, and does not distort the facts, and the facts of the case if the corresponding to each other constitute a crime, shall be guilty of the conclusions drawn...... Criminal law task will not set loopholes, but instead should reasonably close loopholes ", [19] and the triangle fraud out of the crime of fraud, is obviously the loophole of criminal law, which is not desirable.

   From the above analysis we can see, the tripartite fraud set up fraud, and litigation fraud in criminal law theory is regarded as a typical pattern of triangle fraud. Therefore, the establishment of the crime of fraud litigation fraud completely.

   Criminal responsibility, litigation fraud three

   1, the amount that the litigation fraud

   According to our country criminal law theory, the crime of fraud constitutes crime must not only conform to the criminal law stipulated the crime constitution, but also the fraud amount reaches a certain standard to be convicted and punished, the starting point for 2000 yuan.

   Because of the special nature of litigation fraud, compared with ordinary fraud amount recognized crime more complex. As the author thinks that the litigation fraud includes two kinds of situations, and to conduct the actual property as the litigation fraud crime, so the amount recognized, is also divided into two situations. If the actor the false lawsuit to falsify evidence, should be based on the actual amount of property as the amount of crime of swindling; if the perpetrator is put forward a bogus request in the litigation, requirements are beyond the due amount, should be made to conduct beyond the due amount as the amount of fraud.

   The act of litigation fraud "large amount" standard issue, the author thinks that we should lower than the general crime of fraud, crime of fraud because harm than ordinary fraud litigation go beyond, to combat crime, safeguard judicial authority's point of view, the crime standard should be lower than the ordinary crime of fraud, the specific amount the author thinks that 1000 yuan can.

   2, litigation fraud, attempted crime

   The standard of accomplishment of the crime of fraud is a controversial issue, mainly has the possession, out of control, control, control and control and loss etc.. Out of control plays a dominant role in the foreign criminal law theory and judicial practice, and in the theory of criminal law and judicial practice tend to have said, the behavior person acquires property as fraud crime. But our theory of criminal law, crime of fraud is committed, with specific results, as a sign of accomplishment of crime. Specifically, after the perpetrators of fraud, if the victim has suffered no property or the interest of property loss, is fraud attempt; the perpetrators of fraud, deceived so into the wrong understanding of the delivery or transfer of property or property interests, is fraud crime.

   Accomplished and attempted the litigation fraud there are mainly two kinds of views. The first kind of viewpoint thinks, "litigation fraud to provide false evidence to the court in the proceedings, even without resulting in incorrect consequences, the damage and threat to the judicial activities have actual occurrence wrong judgment, the result can only be a heavier punishment plot. If that litigation fraud should constitute a crime, the crime is a crime and non result crime." [20] according to this view, for the act of litigation fraud, as long as the illegal possession of the property for the purpose of filing false action, or makes a false claims in the lawsuit process, which in itself is a tort complete, violated the obstruction of judicial organ normal activity, should be in accordance with the accomplished offense. Another view, "litigation fraud is to encroach upon the property, then the property has not influence the establishment, the accomplished offense and the attempted crime should therefore, litigation fraud and fraud is the same as the result crime rather than act crime." [21] only the actor made the victim of the delivery of goods or execution is completed, in other words, the court in the false litigation behavior of human, and not in the wrong understanding, or even in the wrong understanding but did not make the property punishment decisions, or has already made the punishment decision but not the property of the property transfer to the behavior person or third people, are the litigation fraud attempt.

   The author does not agree to the first view. "Behavioral offense, also known as the behavior crime, refers to no crime occurs or not, as long as the implementation of a crime stipulated in criminal law, which constitute accomplished crime" [22], typical behavioral offence such as the crime of false accusation and perjury, the crime is not requested legal crime result can constitute a crime. Although litigation fraud and the crime of false accusation and perjury as violation of the court the normal judicial activities, but the litigation fraud after all is a kind of behavior to the illegal possession for the subjective purpose, if will lodge a false litigation or makes a false claim that litigation fraud behavior is identified as to accomplished in litigation it is too much, so the object of litigation fraud violations of the trial court to normal activity, while ignoring the characteristics of another important object in complex the object infringed -- property rights, may cause the law spirit; while the second views the nature of litigation fraud as a result crime, totally dependent on whether to obtain the property as an accomplished and is the standard, and neglected the litigation fraud infringes the court normal activities of this object will be accomplished, time goes back, it may cause a felony qingpan results. So the author thinks that, need a comprehensive look at the act of litigation fraud, fully realize the particularity of litigation fraud, but can not be completely in accordance with the above views judgment accomplished offense and the attempted problems, otherwise it will cause the imbalance.

   The author thinks that, since the act of litigation fraud on the infringement property crime of fraud in the evaluation, we should stick to the traditional view, does not destroy the integrity of this chapter "criminal law", that the behavior people made judgment is not accomplished, but should be the behavior of real property acquired as litigation fraud the crime, in particular, the victim to perform the judgment to deliver the property or for compulsory execution and delivery of property as crime of fraud crime of litigation fraud. But in the behavior of people using the procedure from their debts, should be to achieve effective judgment, namely the first instance judgment or court judgment for the accomplishment of two. Taiwan also has a precedent to hold the same view, "the appellant for people the right to bring a civil lawsuit to the catch rent Zi, successively in the courts of pseudo - Qi, advocated by the field, and has been for redemption, denied that the rent obligations, the continuous exercise of forgery, for the benefit of the lawless cheat the map property, both by civil judgement to determine the record, the fraud is accomplished." [23]

   In addition, the Japanese in judicial practice is also adhere to this view, that "the actor the false fact fraud judgment to make in our favor, and then to the judgment basis made property or the interests of property, fraud behavior is accomplished; although the referee into mistake even made to his decision, but for some reason unable to obtain property or property interests, is attempted fraud." [24]

   3, the crime of litigation fraud

   If the perpetrator by falsifying evidence for civil court judge occupies others property identified as acts of fraud, forgery proof in often violate other laws, it must be recognized and deal with the problem of crime number.

   According to China's criminal law theory, litigation fraud for the behavior, for falsifying evidence and the implementation of the fake companies, enterprises, institutions, people's organizations seal behavior, which belongs to the implicated offense, should be in accordance with the principle of selection of a felony punishablethe, identified as fraud, the Japanese scholars also think "the valley between the crime of forgery or use the forgery and fraud are implicated offense, the same relationship between litigation fraud and perjury." [25] but Taiwan scholar Lin Shantian put forward an alternative view, that "the forged documents, filing the court ordered the delivery to the act of litigation fraud, although the court without the cheat and found lost, in addition to constitute the exercise of forgery, still cope with this crime (Crime of fraud -- Note attempted) crime of criminal responsibility. Two crime is one act violates several charges should imagine the concurrence, the heavier one." [26] in addition, behavior person in the proceedings for money fraud directs others perjury case, and may also constitute prejudice to testify and fraud case.

   The author thinks that the case above, are in line with the principle of implicated offense. "Implicated offense refers to the implementation of a crime for the purpose, and the method of the crime or the result behavior violates other crimes. For example, in order to fraud and forgery, fraudulent acts constitute the crime of fraud, the method of behavior constitutes the crime of forging documents, is implicated offense." [27] in the above two kinds of cases, there are two crime, implicated relationship and have the means and purpose between the two crimes, and violates different charges, in accordance with the characteristics of implicated offender, constitute implicated offense.

   For the punishment of implicated offense, generally considered to be implemented from a severely broken principle, namely "shall be adopted in accordance with the principle of absorption, the number of charges against acts of crime severely punished, punishment scope is specified in the crime shall be given a heavier punishment in appropriate." But there are exceptions in criminal law, such as the crime of insurance fraud. China's "criminal law" the 198th stipulation: "with the fourth (the insured, the insured intentionally causing the loss of property insurance accident, defrauds insurance money), fifth (the insured, the beneficiary intentionally causes the death of the insured, injury or disability, defrauds insurance money by the behavior, at the same time) constitutes another crime, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of graft." But not on litigation fraud specially stipulated in the criminal law, or in accordance with the general theory of processing, namely from serious punishment is appropriate.

 

 

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[1] Zhang Mingkai: "the foreign criminal law compendium", Tsinghua University press, 1999 edition, page 633rd.

[2] see Wang Shu, Yang Shuwen: "qualitative" of the act of litigation fraud, Chen Xingliang editor of "criminal law case (second volumes)", Law Press, 2000, pp. 486-496.

[3] see Pan Xiaofu, Wang Kexian: "forgery of civil evidence is a crime", set "procuratorial daily" in October 10, 2002 third edition.

[4] see Liu Zhongwei, Shi Lei: "the act of litigation fraud in Criminal Law -- Analysis from the perspective of" carrying "Journal of Shandong Police College", 2003 fifth, thirty-ninth pages.

[5] Pan Xiaofu, Wang Kexian: "false civil evidence whether constitutes the crime", "procuratorial daily" on 10 2002.

[6] Zhang Mingkai: "criminal law", Law Press, 2003 edition, page 777th; Liu Mingxiang: "on fraud in the property act", "Law Review" in 2001 second.

[7] see Wang Zuofu: "the malicious lawsuit against property conforms to blackmail and impose exactions on Crime Characteristics", set "procuratorial daily" in February 10, 2003 third edition.

[8] see Li Xiang, Huang Jingping: "on the penalty of litigation fraud" and perfecting legislation, "Journal of Yunnan University (load Law Edition)" in 2004 sixth.

[9] see Zhu Benxin, Guo Lirong: "assault" justice for property crime, Law Press, 2005 edition, page 120th.

Study of "qualitative [10] quoted from Wu Yuping" the act of litigation fraud, load "China Criminal Law Journal" in 2005 fourth.

[11] process for you: "judicial reform and political development", Chinese Social Science Press, 2001 edition, page seventh.

[12] see Zhang Mingkai: "the triangle fraud", "law of load" in 2004 second, ninety-ninth pages.

[13] see Zhang Mingkai: "the triangle fraud", "law of load" in 2004 second, ninety-fifth pages.

[14] see [de]K · H · Zweigert, Klotz: "comparative law", translated by Pan Handian, Guizhou people's publishing house, 1992, pp. 167-168.

[15] Chen Jinzhao: "the legal interpretation (learn) the basic problem," carrier "Journal of political science and law" in 2004 third.

[16] see Chen Xingliang: "the concurrence of articles of law theory", Fudan University press, 1993 edition, page ninety-sixth.

[17] to change, Zhou Yuhua: "and related issues of litigation fraud conducts research on one one structure from the behavior of the crime of fraud of", "French" load of 2000 fourth, eighty-first pages.

[18] to change, Zhou Yuhua: "and related issues of litigation fraud conducts research on one one structure from the behavior of the crime of fraud of", "French" load of 2000 fourth, eighty-first pages.

[19] see Zhang Mingkai: "the triangle fraud", "law of load" in 2004 second, ninety-fifth pages.

[20] Dong Yuting: "evaluation" of litigation fraud and criminal law, "law" in 2004 second Chinese load period.

[21] to change, Zhou Yuhua: "and related issues of litigation fraud conducts research -- examining the structure of the crime of fraud from the behavior of load", "law and business studies" in 2005 fourth.

[22] Su Huiyu: "criminal law", Law Press, 2001 edition, page 176th.

[23] Lin Shantian: "the penal code the crime theory", the author released 2000 edition, page 412nd.

[24] Zhang Mingkai: "the attempted offense", publishing house of law and Japanese written Tang jointly published the 1997 edition, page 158th.

[25] [] Ootani Mi: "on the criminal law", Li Hong, Law Press, 2003 edition, page 194th.

[26] Lin Shantian: "the penal code the crime theory", the author released 2000 edition, page 417th.

[27] Chen Xingliang: "the general applicable criminal law (by volume)", Law Press, 2001 edition, page 696th.


 

 

 

Evaluation on litigation fraud and criminal law


Shijingshan District's Li Shanshan


  [Abstract] the litigation fraud is fraud is more serious social harmfulness, behavior person with illegal possession for the purpose, to a civil lawsuit brought false as the means, the court had errors in judgment, and in the ownership of property, loss of ownership, the large amount of behavior. At present, the fraud in lawsuit should be based on the fraud conviction and sentencing.


  [keyword] litigation fraud fraud law qualitative

   Needless to say, the fraud in lawsuit not only violates the ownership of the property of others, but also undermines the normal civil order, damage the fairness and authority of the judiciary according to the referee. But our country's criminal law did not suit fraud conviction and sentencing in independent, for fraud in lawsuit should be how to qualitative without doubt.


Define, litigation fraud behavior


Concepts of litigation fraud has broad and narrow sense. "Generalized litigation fraud, deception is refers to the court, make each other all the delivery of property or property interests; the narrow sense refers to the act of litigation fraud, the victim as a defendant to make false lawsuit to the court, the court had an error of judgment, then obtains the judgment, the victim will transfer the property to behavior or third of all, or by the court through the enforcement of the victim's property is transferred to the behavior or third of all." discussed in this paper is the narrow sense of litigation.
From the definition of concept of litigation fraud, the four characteristics of litigation fraud: the first, the actor has the purpose of illegal possession. Second, acts in civil litigation. Third, the act of using false evidence in a lawsuit. Fourth, false evidence to court because of the behavior people make a decision.


Two qualitative, fraud litigation


The author thinks that the litigation fraud crime of fraud. The reasons are as follows:


  From the "criminal law" the 266th point of view, the article on fraud provisions of the legislation of crime is concise, in order to maintain the stability of the penal code and in advance, or limit the fraud action not clearly stipulated in the law, nor will the object of the crime of swindling confined to cheated his property the crime of fraud, but not to the disposal of the property of the people, or not clearly defined property punishment (be deceptive) have to dispose of the property is for himself all the. Therefore, simply put, structure of fraud: the first is the fraud, the second is to make each other into mistake, again is the disposal of property, the last is the transfer of property, has the causal structure is set up fraud crime, this structure does not rule out the fraud by lawsuit out of the. No matter what fraud behavior, the victim and deceived people is the same person, cheated people to dispose of the property is my all, all in the "criminal law" the 266th stipulated in the "fraud" semantic can be contained within the scope of the objective conditions are met, the crime of fraud. So, human behavior by state organs (mainly the judicial organ), with the aid of the state power to the illegal purpose of fraud in lawsuit property, should be determined as crime of fraud.


The possible problems:


1, about the litigation fraud is a disposition of property, whether the person is the same person controversy


First, in the litigation fraud, if the parties have not cheated cheated, only the court. So, the court can be cheated? In essence analysis, civil action to take the form of realism, so can regardless of whether the court was in error. In a civil trial, evidence value is based on the free heart certificate to identify, therefore, the illusion and disposition made can be considered. At the same time, because the judicial intervention, so that the original property right is transferred, at this time the subject of litigation property right has been transferred to the court, is the separation of ownership and disposition of the case (other ownership and disposition phase separation conditions such as intellectual property rights in the exclusive license). If the court personified, so in the face of the evidence of the free heart certificate is to court their psychological judgment, the court's decision is made voluntarily, if error in judgment, it is the court into a wrong understanding, perspective from camp says, this court has belonged to the victim's camp.
Be deceived the people court, the court according to the judgment can be enforced, the disposition and the cheated person is consistent. At this point, right to enforce court will lead to the court's position in the litigation fraud, from the position to athletes.


Second, core behavior of litigation fraud is in action, namely, the act of delivery, the delivered by the court.
Disposition is the key to distinguish such as theft crime of fraud and other property type crime. In the litigation fraud, how do we evaluate delivered here? The author thinks, the delivery of any litigation fraud and fraud required delivery of homogeneity. Based on the delivery of court and based on the wrong understanding of direct delivery in the legal sense and no two: on the one hand, according to the judgment must implement the principle, loser (the victim) has lost any disposition of property rights, whether the delivery of the property in question has no right to speak, because the action has led to human behavior for the part of the property disposition of the exclusive sale, despite losing people has appeal, retrial, suspension of execution remedy. On the other hand, is not unique to fraud litigation fraud any lack of delivery. For example, deceive others, to abandon its own property, and obtain the property act, according to the general opinion, still set up fraud.
Therefore, relative to the establishment of crime of fraud, deceive people and have the right to dispose of the same is sufficient, without being deceived people and actual delivery also belong to the same. As long as it is based on the disposition (also deceived the people) to acquire property that is enough, whether it is based on the property owner or possessor's disposition to acquire property, there is no bar, especially the possessor in the property owner or has lost their property rights situation.
2, the object of litigation fraud is a double benefit, whether the cognizance of the crime of fraud
According to the research on fraud through said, fraud against the single object, namely, the right of public and private property. Fraud in lawsuit against the double object, namely the ownership of public or private property and the normal activities of the judiciary order. In the complex object of crime, the crime of exactly where, what is the object of the crime is the key settings on protection, but not because of the complexity of the object out of it shall be convicted of legality. So the fraud in a lawsuit as atypical triangle fraud , is not because the double benefit of its object and were excluded from the crime of fraud.
Investigate its reason, litigation fraud who falsify evidence or hide the facts, the purpose is not to undermine the judicial activities, but through deception court in favor of their own judgment. Therefore, the perpetrators of fraud lawsuit, mainly in order to illegally obtained property of others, but not to normal activities violating the people's court. Not because of this violation is carried on through the destruction of judicial activities, is that its essence lies in the failure of judicial activities, the nature of property violation denied; otherwise, it will only emphasize the litigation fraud damage to the people's court normal judicial activities, and completely ignored the behavior on the property damage. Evaluation of the litigation fraud fraud not judicial uneven results, but its evaluation as a crime of obstruction of justice will lead to the imbalance. So in the litigation fraud, the main object is the property, the secondary object is the normal order of judicial activities, which belong to the crime of fraud is more appropriate.
Three, assessment of the judicial interpretation
At present, the judicial interpretation mainly refers to: in September 25, 2002, the legal policy research room of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of Shandong province people's Procuratorate questions made "about by falsifying evidence for civil court judge occupies others property behavior issues of law application to reply" (hereinafter referred to as the "reply").
1, the response content evaluation
On the basis of the "reply", make the litigation fraud or does not constitute a crime, or a fake companies, enterprises, institutions, people's organizations of seals, which appear in the legal regulation of vacancies, which only emphasizes the litigation fraud in judicial order violated, ignored encroaches on the property of the victim and by other means, such as counterfeit the seals of litigation fraud, even the most serious, do not constitute a legal vacuum crime.
2, the status of the answer in the judicial interpretation of evaluation
Notable is, when the fraud by lawsuit with punish of crime of fraud, nature and potency of the "reply" is worthy of study. If the "answer" whether to belong to the judicial interpretation? The effect of whether the court?
The interpretation of the Supreme People's Procuratorate did have the right interpretation in our country, but its interpretation to effectively must comply with the formal requirements of certain (such as name), and generally should be discussed by the procuratorial committee, and there should be a certain number, therefore, whether the Policy Research Office of the supreme people's Procuratorate law has done for litigation fraud explain the behavior is a valid interpretation, the discussion is still in theory.
In sum, the court as the perpetrators of fraud victim into the wrong tool for understanding, at the same time that the victim did not sink into the mistake, but out of loyalty to the law also should obey the law, should be treated equally in the wrong delivery of property, the victim or property is enforced, because the behavior person respect the referee to perform the obligations, the court can be regarded as voluntary action of the victim or quasi voluntary action. The benefits of doing so lies in not only maintained the traditional theory of criminal law, and the law of fraud in a lawsuit that this new form of fraud.