People's Republic of China Criminal Procedure Law - Practical Edition

Author: State Council Legal Office
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: "Criminal Procedure Law" is the basic law formulated by the state regarding the procedures for handling criminal cases. China's "Criminal Procedure Law" was promulgated and implemented on July 1, 1979, and was subsequently amended and enforced as of March 17, 1996, following the decision of the Fourth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on "Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China." It serves as both the fundamental guidelines that public security organs, people's procuratorates, and people's courts must adhere to when legally exposing criminal facts, apprehending, and punishing criminal elements, and also the basis for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests and procedural rights of parties and other participants in criminal proceedings.