| Law of The People's Republic Of China on Administrative Penalty | | 中华人民共和国行政处罚法 |
| (Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 17, 1996; amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending Some Laws adopted at the 10th Session of the Eleventh Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on August 27, 2009; and amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Amending Eight Laws including the Judges Law at the 29th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on September 1, 2017) | | （1996年3月17日第八届全国人民代表大会第四次会议通过 根据2009年8月27日第十一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十次会议《关于修改部分法律的决定》第一次修正 根据2017年9月1日第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第二十九次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国法官法〉等八部法律的决定》第二次修正） |
| Contents | | 目录 |
| Chapter I General Provisions | | 第一章 总 则 |
| Chapter II Types and Creation of Administrative Penalty | | 第二章 行政处罚的种类和设定 |
| Chapter III Organs Imposing Administrative Penalty | | 第三章 行政处罚的实施机关 |
| Chapter IV Jurisdiction and Application of Administrative Penalty | | 第四章 行政处罚的管辖和适用 |
| Chapter V Decision on An Administrative Penalty | | 第五章 行政处罚的决定 |
| Section 1 Summary Procedure | | 第一节 简易程序 |
| Section 2 Ordinary Procedure | | 第二节 一般程序 |
| Section 3 Procedrue of Hearing | | 第三节 听证程序 |
| Chapter VI Enforcement of Administrative Penalty | | 第六章 行政处罚的执行 |
| Chapter VII Legal Responsibility | | 第七章 法律责任 |
| Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions | | 第八章 附 则 |
| Chapter I General Provisions | | 第一章 总 则 |
| Article 1 Pursuant to the Constitution, this Law is enacted for the purpose of standardizing creation and imposition of administrative penalty, ensuring and supervising the effective exercise of administration by administrative organs, safeguarding public interests and public order, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations. | | 第一条 为了规范行政处罚的设定和实施，保障和监督行政机关有效实施行政管理，维护公共利益和社会秩序，保护公民、法人或者其他组织的合法权益，根据宪法，制定本法。 |
| Article 2 Creation and imposing of administrative penalty shall be governed by this Law. | | 第二条 行政处罚的设定和实施，适用本法。 |
| Article 3 Where administrative penalty needs to be imposed on citizens, legal persons or other organizations for their violations of the order of administration, it shall be prescribed by laws, rules or regulations pursuant to this Law and imposed by administrative organs in compliance with the procedure prescribed by this Law. | | 第三条 公民、法人或者其他组织违反行政管理秩序的行为，应当给予行政处罚的，依照本法由法律、法规或者规章规定，并由行政机关依照本法规定的程序实施。 |
| Administrative penalty that is not imposed in accordance with law or in compliance with legal procedures shall be invalid. | | 没有法定依据或者不遵守法定程序的，行政处罚无效。 |
| Article 4 Administrative penalty shall be imposed in adherence to the principles of fairness and openness. | | 第四条 行政处罚遵循公正、公开的原则。 |
| Creation and imposition of administrative penalty shall be based on facts and shall be in correspondence with the facts, nature and seriousness of the violations of law and damage done to society. | | 设定和实施行政处罚必须以事实为依据，与违法行为的事实、性质、情节以及社会危害程度相当。 |
| Regulations on administrative penalty to be imposed for violations of law must be published; those which are not published shall not be taken as the basis for administrative penalty. | | 对违法行为给予行政处罚的规定必须公布；未经公布的，不得作为行政处罚的依据。 |
| Article 5 In imposing administrative penalty and setting to rights illegal acts, penalty shall be combined with education, so that citizens, legal persons and other organizations shall become aware of the importance of observing law. | | 第五条 实施行政处罚，纠正违法行为，应当坚持处罚与教育相结合，教育公民、法人或者其他组织自觉守法。 |
| Article 6 Citizens, legal persons and other organizations on whom administrative penalty is imposed by administration organs shall have the right to state their cases and the right to defend themselves; those who refuse to accept administrative penalty shall have the right to apply for administrative reconsideration or bring an administrative lawsuit in accordance with law. | | 第六条 公民、法人或者其他组织对行政机关所给予的行政处罚，享有陈述权、申辩权；对行政处罚不服的，有权依法申请行政复议或者提起行政诉讼。 |
| Citizens, legal persons and other organizations that have suffered damage due to administrative penalty imposed by administrative organs in violation of law shall have the right to demand compensation in accordance with law. | | 公民、法人或者其他组织因行政机关违法给予行政处罚受到损害的，有权依法提出赔偿要求。 |
| Article 7 Citizens, legal persons and other organizations that are subjected to administrative penalty because of their violations of law shall, in accordance with law, bear civil liability for damage done to others by their illegal acts. | | 第七条 公民、法人或者其他组织因违法受到行政处罚，其违法行为对他人造成损害的，应当依法承担民事责任。 |
| Where an illegal act constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with law; no administrative penalty shall be imposed in place of criminal penalty. | | 违法行为构成犯罪，应当依法追究刑事责任，不得以行政处罚代替刑事处罚。 |
| Chapter II Types and Creation of Administrative Penalty | | 第二章 行政处罚的种类和设定 |
| Article 8 Types of administrative penalty shall include: | | 第八条 行政处罚的种类： |
| (1) disciplinary warning; | | （一）警告； |
| (2) fine; | | （二）罚款； |
| (3) confiscation of illegal gains or confiscation of unlawful property or things of value; | | （三）没收违法所得、没收非法财物； |
| (4) ordering for suspension of production or business; | | （四）责令停产停业； |
| (5) temporary suspension or rescission of permit or temporary suspension or rescission of license; | | （五）暂扣或者吊销许可证、暂扣或者吊销执照； |
| (6) administrative detention; and | | （六）行政拘留； |
| (7) others as prescribed by laws and administrative rules and regulations. | | （七）法律、行政法规规定的其他行政处罚。 |
| Article 9 Different types of administrative penalty may be created by law. | | 第九条 法律可以设定各种行政处罚。 |
| Administrative penalty involving restriction of freedom of person shall only be created by law. | | 限制人身自由的行政处罚，只能由法律设定。 |
| Article 10 Administrative penalties, with the exception of restricting freedom of person, may be created by administrative rules and regulations. | | 第十条 行政法规可以设定除限制人身自由以外的行政处罚。 |
| Where it is necessary to formulate specific provisions, in administrative rules and regulations, regarding violations of law for which administrative penalties have been formulated in laws, it must be done within the limits of the acts subject to administrative penalty and the types and range of such penalty as prescribed by laws. | | 法律对违法行为已经作出行政处罚规定，行政法规需要作出具体规定的，必须在法律规定的给予行政处罚的行为、种类和幅度的范围内规定。 |
| Article 11 Administrative penalties, with the exception of restriction of freedom of person and rescission of business license of an enterprise, may be created in local regulations. | | 第十一条 地方性法规可以设定除限制人身自由、吊销企业营业执照以外的行政处罚。 |
| Where it is necessary to formulate specific provisions, in local regulations, regarding violations of law for which administrative penalties have been formulated in laws and administrative rules and regulations, it must be done within the limits of the acts subject to administrative penalty and the types and range of such penalty as prescribed by laws and administrative rules and regulations. | | 法律、行政法规对违法行为已经作出行政处罚规定，地方性法规需要作出具体规定的，必须在法律、行政法规规定的给予行政处罚的行为、种类和幅度的范围内规定。 |
| Article 12 The ministries and commissions under the State Council may, in the rules they enact, formulate specific provisions within the limits of the acts subject to administrative penalty and the types and range of such penalty as prescribed by laws and administrative rules and regulations. | | 第十二条 国务院部、委员会制定的规章可以在法律、行政法规规定的给予行政处罚的行为、种类和幅度的范围内作出具体规定。 |
| With regard to violations of administration order against which no laws or administrative rules and regulations have been enacted, the ministries and commissions under the State Council may create administrative penalty of disciplinary warning or a certain amount of fine in the rules they enact, as stipulated in the preceding paragraph. The specific amounts of fine shall be laid down by the State Council. | | 尚未制定法律、行政法规的，前款规定的国务院部、委员会制定的规章对违反行政管理秩序的行为，可以设定警告或者一定数量罚款的行政处罚。罚款的限额由国务院规定。 |
| The State Council may authorize the departments directly under it that have the power of administrative penalty to formulate provisions on administrative penalty in accordance with the first and second paragraph of this Article. | | 国务院可以授权具有行政处罚权的直属机构依照本条第一款、第二款的规定，规定行政处罚。 |
| Article 13 The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, of the cities where the people's governments of provinces and autonomous regions are located, and of the larger cities approved as such by the State Council may, within the limits of the acts subject to administrative penalty and the types and range of such penalty as prescribed by laws and regulations, formulate specific provisions in the rules they enact. | | 第十三条 省、自治区、直辖市人民政府和省、自治区人民政府所在地的市人民政府以及经国务院批准的较大的市人民政府制定的规章可以在法律、法规规定的给予行政处罚的行为、种类和幅度的范围内作出具体规定。 |
| With regard to violations of administration order against which no laws or regulations have been enacted, the people's governments may create administrative penalty of disciplinary warning or certain amount of fine in the rules they enact, as stipulated in the preceding paragraph. The specific amounts of fine shall be laid down by the standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. | | 尚未制定法律、法规的，前款规定的人民政府制定的规章对违反行政管理秩序的行为，可以设定警告或者一定数量罚款的行政处罚。罚款的限额由省、自治区、直辖市人民代表大会常务委员会规定。 |
| Article 14 No administrative penalties shall be created in any other regulatory documents in addition to the ones as stipulated in Articles 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this Law. | | 第十四条 除本法第九条、第十条、第十一条、第十二条以及第十三条的规定外，其他规范性文件不得设定行政处罚。 |
| Chapter III Organs Imposing Adminisitrative Penalty | | 第三章 行政处罚的实施机关 |
| Article 15 Administrative penalty shall be imposed by administrative organs that have the power of administrative penalty within the scope of their statutory functions and powers. | | 第十五条 行政处罚由具有行政处罚权的行政机关在法定职权范围内实施。 |
| Article 16 The State Council or the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government that is empowered by the State Council may decide to have an administrative organ exercise other administrative organs' power of administrative penalty. However, the power of administrative penalty involving restriction of freedom of person shall only be exercised by the public security organs. | | 第十六条 国务院或者经国务院授权的省、自治区、直辖市人民政府可以决定一个行政机关行使有关行政机关的行政处罚权，但限制人身自由的行政处罚权只能由公安机关行使。 |
| Article 17 Organizations that are authorized by laws and regulations to exercise the power of administering public affairs may impose administrative penalty within the scope of their powers as authorized by law. | | 第十七条 法律、法规授权的具有管理公共事务职能的组织可以在法定授权范围内实施行政处罚。 |
| Article 18 In accordance with the provisions of laws, regulations or rules, an administrative organ may, within the scope of its powers as prescribed by law, entrust an organization that meets the conditions stipulated in Article 19 of this Law with imposing administrative penalty. An administrative organ may not entrust other organizations or individuals with imposing administrative penalty. | | 第十八条 行政机关依照法律、法规或者规章的规定，可以在其法定权限内委托符合本法第十九条规定条件的组织实施行政处罚。行政机关不得委托其他组织或者个人实施行政处罚。 |
| The entrusting administrative organ shall be responsible for supervising the imposition of administrative penalty by the entrusted organization and shall bear legal responsibility for the consequences of the imposition. | | 委托行政机关对受委托的组织实施行政处罚的行为应当负责监督，并对该行为的后果承担法律责任。 |
| The entrusted organization shall, within the scope of authorization, impose administrative penalty in the name of the entrusting administrative organ, and may not further entrust any other organization or individual with imposing the administrative penalty. | | 受委托组织在委托范围内，以委托行政机关名义实施行政处罚；不得再委托其他任何组织或者个人实施行政处罚。 |
| Article 19 The organization to be entrusted shall meet the following conditions: | | 第十九条 受委托组织必须符合以下条件： |
| (1) to be an institution in charge of public affairs established in accordance with law; | | （一）依法成立的管理公共事务的事业组织； |
| (2) to be staffed with personnel who are familiar with relevant laws, regulations and rules and are experienced in the work; and | | （二）具有熟悉有关法律、法规、规章和业务的工作人员； |
| (3) to have the conditions for organizing and conducting the technical tests or technical appraisal that are needed for testing or appraising illegal acts. | | （三）对违法行为需要进行技术检查或者技术鉴定的，应当有条件组织进行相应的技术检查或者技术鉴定。 |
| Chapter IV Jurisdiction and Application of Administrative Penalty | | 第四章 行政处罚的管辖和适用 |
Article 20 Administrative penalty shall come under the jurisdiction of an administrative organ having the power of administrative penalty of a local people's government at or above the county level in the place where the illegal act is committed, except as otherwise prescribed by laws or administrative rules and regulations.
．．．．．． | | 第二十条 行政处罚由违法行为发生地的县级以上地方人民政府具有行政处罚权的行政机关管辖。法律、行政法规另有规定的除外。
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