Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (Practical Edition)

Author: State Council Legal Office
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The "Criminal Procedure Law" is the fundamental 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 has been amended and enforced since 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 basic guidelines that public security organs, procuratorial organs, and people's courts must adhere to when legally uncovering criminal facts, apprehending, and punishing criminal elements, and the basis for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests and procedural rights of parties and other participants in criminal proceedings.