Legal basis: Article 243rd of the Procedures for Handling Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs stipulates that the time limit for freezing deposits, remittances, securities trading settlement funds and futures deposits is six months. The maximum period of each freeze shall not exceed six months. For major and complicated cases, with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the municipal level, the time limit for freezing deposits, remittances, securities trading settlement funds, futures deposits and other property can be one year. The maximum period of each freeze shall not exceed one year.