After one year of bail pending trial, the police will ask you to sign to release the bail pending trial.

You need to sign in every month to be released on bail pending trial. People who have been released on bail pending trial are generally required to sign in at the relevant police station once a week, and are generally required to arrive at any time.

You are not allowed to leave the city or county where you are located without approval. Generally speaking, there is an ideological report that needs to be handed in every month, so it can be regarded as a form of sign-in, and it is implemented by the public security agency. Release on bail pending trial is a criminal coercive measure stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law.

This is normal working procedure. The public security bureau at the place where the criminal suspect resides is responsible for implementing the release on bail pending trial. If the person released on bail pending trial cannot perform his legal obligations, the investigative agency will change the compulsory measures. The People's Procuratorate shall make a decision on whether to arrest, release on bail pending trial, or place a person under residential surveillance within ten days of detention.

Circumstances applicable to being released on bail pending trial:

1. The person may be sentenced to surveillance, criminal detention or additional punishment independently.

2. The person may be sentenced to a penalty of fixed-term imprisonment or above, and being released on bail pending trial will not cause social danger.

3. Women who are seriously ill, or are pregnant or breastfeeding their babies under 1 year old should be arrested.

4. The detained criminal suspect or defendant needs to be arrested but the evidence does not meet the arrest conditions.

5. After requesting approval for arrest, the procuratorate does not approve the arrest and requires reconsideration and review.

6. After the case is transferred for prosecution, the procuratorial organ decides not to prosecute and requires reconsideration and review.

7. Cases in which criminal suspects or defendants are detained cannot be concluded within the time limits for investigation, review and prosecution, first instance and second instance stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Law, and need to continue investigation, review and prosecution or trial.

8. Holding a valid passport and other valid entry-exit documents, you may leave the country to avoid detection, but do not need to be arrested.

To sum up, being asked to sign after being released on bail pending trial means that the release on bail pending trial is to be released. The situations where you can be released on bail pending trial are that you may be sentenced to a prison sentence or more, you are suffering from a serious disease, you are unable to take care of yourself, and the case has not yet been completed. To handle the matter, you need to take steps such as being released on bail pending trial.

Legal basis:

"Procedural Regulations for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs"

Article 107

When obtaining bail, the public security organ The investigation of the case shall not be interrupted while awaiting trial. For criminal suspects who are released on bail pending trial, the coercive measures shall be changed in a timely manner or the release on bail pending trial shall be canceled in accordance with changes in the case circumstances.

The maximum period of bail pending trial shall not exceed twelve months.

"Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 167

The People's Procuratorate shall not detain persons detained in cases directly accepted by the People's Procuratorate. If a person believes that arrest is necessary, a decision shall be made within fourteen days. In special circumstances, the time for making an arrest decision may be extended by one to three days. Those who do not need to be arrested shall be released immediately; those who need to continue investigation and meet the conditions for bail pending trial or residential surveillance shall be released on bail pending trial or placed under residential surveillance in accordance with the law.

Article 170

The People’s Procuratorate shall review cases transferred for prosecution by the supervisory authorities in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Law and the Supervision Law.

If the People's Procuratorate, after review, deems that supplementary verification is needed, it shall return it to the supervisory authority for supplementary investigation, and may conduct supplementary investigation on its own if necessary.

For cases where detention measures have been taken and transferred by the supervisory authority for prosecution, the People's Procuratorate shall detain the criminal suspect first and the detention measures will be automatically lifted.

The People's Procuratorate shall make a decision on whether to arrest, release on bail pending trial, or conduct residential surveillance within ten days after detention. In exceptional circumstances, the time for decision may be extended by one to four days. The period during which the People's Procuratorate decides to take compulsory measures shall not be included in the period for review and prosecution.