Beijing ? Chinese officials who have mistresses, fail to financially support their parents or abuse and abandon their families could be out of a job, according to a new set of ethics rules released by the central government.

The regulation is set to take effect June 1 and covers a variety of other misdeeds including corruption, beating up or illegally detaining citizens, using drugs, having sex with a prostitute and organizing “superstitious gatherings.”

There was no mention of how enforcement would be increased to administer the sweeping laws.

The decree was released Sunday at a news conference where Vice Minister of Supervision Qu Wanxiang said “the regulation will help consolidate the (Chinese Communist Party’s) ruling position, safeguard state power, improve ethical standards of officials and persuade them to adopt a clean, honest and down-to-earth work style to better serve the people,” the New China News Agency reported.

Beset by high-profile government scandals, Beijing has been trying to rein in corruption. The crackdown ousted Shanghai’s previous party secretary, Chen Liangyu, who was accused of allowing cronies to use social-security funds for speculative city developments.