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| Order of the President of the People's Republic of China | | 中华人民共和国主席令 |
(No. 35) | |
（第三十五号） |
The Prison Law of the People's Republic of China, as adopted at the 11th session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on December 29, 1994, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation. | |
《中华人民共和国监狱法》已由中华人民共和国第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十一次会议于１９９４年１２月２９日通过，现予公布，自公布之日起施行。 |
Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China | |
中华人民共和国主席 江泽民 |
December 29, 1994 | |
１９９４年１２月２９日 |
PRISON LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA | |
中华人民共和国监狱法 |
(Adopted at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on December 29, 1994, promulgated by Order No. 35 of the President of the People's Republic of China on December 29, 1994, and effective as of the date of promulgation) | |
（１９９４年１２月２９日第八届全国 人民代表大会常务委员会第十一次会议通过） |
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| CONTENTS | | 目录 |
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| CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS | | 第一章 总则 |
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| CHAPTER II PRISON | | 第二章 监狱 |
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| CHAPTER III EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS | | 第三章 刑罚的执行 |
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| SECTION 1 PUTTING IN PRISON | | 第一节 收监 |
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| SECTION 2 HANDLING OF PETITIONS, COMPLAINTS AND ACCUSATIONS MADE BY PRISONERS | | 第二节 对罪犯提出的申诉、控告、检举的处理 |
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| SECTION 3 EXECUTION OUTSIDE PRISON | | 第三节 监外执行 |
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| SECTION 4 COMMUTATION OF PUNISHMENT AND RELEASE ON PAROLE | | 第四节 减刑、假释 |
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| SECTION 5 RELEASE AND RESETTLEMENT | | 第五节 释放和安置 |
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| CHAPTER IV PRISON ADMINISTRATION | | 第四章 狱政管理 |
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| SECTION 1 SEPARATE CUSTODY AND SEPARATE CONTROL | | 第一节 分押分管 |
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| SECTION 2 GUARD | | 第二节 警戒 |
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| SECTION 3 USE OF RESTRAINT IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS | | 第三节 戒具和武器的使用 |
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| SECTION 4 CORRESPONDENCE AND MEETING WITH VISITORS | | 第四节 通信、会见 |
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| SECTION 5 LIFE AND HEALTH | | 第五节 生活、卫生 |
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| SECTION 6 REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS | | 第六节 奖惩 |
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| SECTION 7 HANDLING OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY PRISONERS DURING THE TERM OF IMPRISONMENT | | 第七节 对罪犯服刑期间犯罪的处理 |
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| CHAPTER V EDUCATION AND REFORM OF PRISONERS | | 第五章 对罪犯的教育改造 |
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| CHAPTER VI EDUCATION AND REFORM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS | | 第六章 对未成年犯的教育改造 |
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| CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS | | 第七章 附则 |
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| CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS | | 第一章 总则 |
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| Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of correctly executing criminal punishments, punishing and reforming prisoners, preventing and reducing crimes. | | 第一条 为了正确执行刑罚，惩罚和改造罪犯，预防和减少犯罪，根据宪法，制定本法。 |
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| Article 2 A prison is an organ of the State for executing criminal punishments. | | 第二条 监狱是国家的刑罚执行机关。 |
Criminal punishments of prisoners sentenced to death penalty with a two- year suspension of execution, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment shall be executed in prisons under the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law. | |
依照刑法和刑事诉讼法的规定，被判处死刑缓期二年执行、无期徒刑、有期徒刑的罪犯，在监狱内执行刑罚。 |
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| Article 3 A prison shall, with regard to prisoners, implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labour, in order to transform them into law-abiding citizens. | | 第三条 监狱对罪犯实行惩罚和改造相结合、教育和劳动相结合的原则，将罪犯改造成为守法公民。 |
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| Article 4 A prison shall exercise supervision and control over prisoners according to law, and shall, in accordance with the needs of reforming prisoners, organize prisoners to engage in productive labour and conduct ideological, cultural and technical education among prisoners. | | 第四条 监狱对罪犯应当依法监管，根据改造罪犯的需要，组织罪犯从事生产劳动，对罪犯进行思想教育、文化教育、技术教育。 |
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| Article 5 Activities in prison administration, execution of criminal punishments, and education and reform of prisoners conducted according to law by the people's police of a prison shall be protected by law. | | 第五条 监狱的人民警察依法管理监狱、执行刑罚、对罪犯进行教育改造等活动，受法律保护。 |
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| Article 6 A people's procuratorate shall exercise supervision in accordance with the law over the legality of activities conducted by prisons in execution of criminal punishments. | | 第六条 人民检察院对监狱执行刑罚的活动是否合法，依法实行监督。 |
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| Article 7 Human dignity of a prisoner shall not be humiliated, and his personal safety, lawful properties, and rights to defence, petition, complaint and accusation as well as other rights which have not been deprived of or restricted according to law shall not be violated. | | 第七条 罪犯的人格不受侮辱，其人身安全、合法财产和辩护、申诉、控告、检举以及其他未被依法剥夺或者限制的权利不受侵犯。 |
A prisoner must strictly observe laws, regulations, and rules and discipline of the prison, subject himself to control, accept education and take part in labour. | |
罪犯必须严格遵守法律、法规和监规纪律，服从管理，接受教育，参加劳动。 |
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| Article 8 The State shall ensure the expenditures of a prison for the reform of prisoners. The prisons' expenditures for the people's police, for the reform of prisoners, for the living expenses of prisoners, for the administration and installations of the prison, and other special expenses shall be included into the State budget. | | 第八条 国家保障监狱改造罪犯所需经费。监狱的人民警察经费、罪犯改造经费、罪犯生活费、狱政设施经费及其他专项经费，列入国家预算。 |
The State shall provide production facilities and production expenses necessary for prisoners to do labour. | |
国家提供罪犯劳动必需的生产设施和生产经费。 |
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| Article 9 Lands, mineral resources and other natural resources used by a prison according to law as well as properties of a prison shall be protected by law; no organizations or individuals shall seize or undermine them. | | 第九条 监狱依法使用的土地、矿产资源和其他自然资源以及监狱的财产，受法律保护，任何组织或者个人不得侵占、破坏。 |
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| Article 10 The department of judicial administration under the State Council shall be in charge of the work of prisons in the whole country. | | 第十条 国务院司法行政部门主管全国的监狱工作。 |
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| CHAPTER II PRISON | | 第二章 监狱 |
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| Article 11 The establishment, abolition or move of a prison shall be subject to the approval of the department of judicial administration under the State Council. | | 第十一条 监狱的设置、撤销、迁移，由国务院司法行政部门批准。 |
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| Article 12 A prison shall install one warden, several deputy wardens, and, in light of the actual needs, set up necessary working organs and provide other administrative personnel. | | 第十二条 监狱设监狱长一人、副监狱长若干人，并根据实际需要设置必要的工作机构和配备其他监狱管理人员。 |
The administrative personnel in a prison are the people's police. | |
监狱的管理人员是人民警察。 |
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| Article 13 The people's police of a prison shall strictly abide by the Constitution and the law, be loyal to their duties, enforce the law impartially, strictly observe discipline and be honest and upright. | | 第十三条 监狱的人民警察应当严格遵守宪法和法律，忠于职守，秉公执法，严守纪律，清正廉洁。 |
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| Article 14 The people's police of a prison shall not commit any of the following acts: | | 第十四条 监狱的人民警察不得有下列行为： |
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| (1) to demand, accept or seize money or goods from prisoners or their relatives; | | （一）索要、收受、侵占罪犯及其亲属的财物； |
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| (2) to release a prisoner without authorization or through dereliction of duty to cause a prisoner to flee from the prison; | | （二）私放罪犯或者玩忽职守造成罪犯脱逃； |
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| (3) to use torture to coerce a confession, or to use corporal punishment, or to maltreat a prisoner; | | （三）刑讯逼供或者体罚、虐待罪犯； |
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| (4) to humiliate the human dignity of a prisoner; | | （四）侮辱罪犯的人格； |
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| (5) to beat or connive at others to beat a prisoner; | | （五）殴打或者纵容他人殴打罪犯； |
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| (6) to utilize a prisoner to provide labour services for personal gains; | | （六）为谋取私利，利用罪犯提供劳务； |
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| (7) to privately deliver a letter or an article for a prisoner in violation of regulations; | | （七）违反规定，私自为罪犯传递信件或者物品； |
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| (8) to illegally surrender the functions and powers to supervise and control prisoners to another person; or | | （八）非法将监管罪犯的职权交予他人行使； |
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| (9) other law-breaking acts. | | （九）其他违法行为。 |
If the people's police of a prison commit any act specified in the preceding paragraph and the case constitutes a crime, the offenders shall be investigated for criminal responsibility; if the case does not constitute a crime, the offenders shall be given administrative sanctions. | |
监狱的人民警察有前款所列行为，构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任；尚未构成犯罪的，应当予以行政处分。 |
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| CHAPTER III EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS | | 第三章 刑罚的执行 |
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| SECTION 1 PUTTING IN PRISON | | 第一节 收监 |
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| Article 15 With respect to a criminal who is sentenced to death penalty with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment, the people's court shall serve the notice of execution of the sentence and the written judgment on the public security organ where the criminal is in custody. The public security organ shall hand the criminals over to a prison for execution of the punishment within one month from the date of receiving the notice of execution of the sentence and the written judgment. | | 第十五条 人民法院对被判处死刑缓期二年执行、无期徒刑、有期徒刑的罪犯，应当将执行通知书、判决书送达羁押该罪犯的公安机关，公安机关应当自收到执行通知书、判决书之日起一个月内将该罪犯送交监狱执行刑罚。 |
Before a criminal is handed over for execution of the criminal punishment, if the remaining term of his sentence is not more than one year, the criminal punishment shall be executed by the detention house instead. | |
罪犯在被交付执行刑罚前，剩余刑期在一年以下的，由看守所代为执行。 |
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| Article 16 nbsp; A people's court shall, in handing over a criminal for execution of the criminal punishment, serve on the prison a copy of the bill of prosecution from the people's procuratorate together with the written judgment, the notice of execution and the registration form of closing the case from the people's court. The prison shall not put the criminal in prison without receiving the above-mentioned documents; if such documents are incomplete or have errors in the records, the people's court which passed the effective judgment shall, without delay, make them complete or correct; if any of the above-mentioned circumstances may lead to wrongful imprisonment of a person, the prison shall not accept him. | | 第十六条 罪犯被交付执行刑罚时，交付执行的人民法院应当将人民检察院的起诉书副本、人民法院的判决书、执行通知书、结案登记表同时送达监狱。监狱没有收到上述文件的，不得收监；上述文件不齐全或者记载有误的，作出生效判决的人民法院应当及时补充齐全或者作出更正；对其中可能导致错误收监的，不予收监。 |
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| Article 17 A prison shall give physical examination to the criminals who are handed over for execution of their criminal punishments. A criminal sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment may, after physical examination, temporarily not be put in prison under either of the following circumstances: | | 第十七条 监狱应当对交付执行刑罚的罪犯进行身体检查。经检查，被判处无期徒刑、有期徒刑的罪犯有下列情形之一的，可以暂不收监： |
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| (1) if a criminal is seriously ill and needs to be released on parole for medical treatment; or | | （一）有严重疾病需要保外就医的； |
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| (2) if a criminal is a pregnant woman or a woman who is breast-feeding her own baby. | | （二）怀孕或者正在哺乳自己婴儿的妇女。 |
With respect to a criminal temporarily not to be put in prison as provided in the preceding paragraph, the decision on temporary execution outside prison shall be made by the people's court which handed the criminal over for the execution. With respect to any such criminal whose temporary execution of the sentence outside prison constitutes a danger to the society, he shall be put in prison. If a criminal temporarily serves his sentence outside prison, the public security organ in the place of the criminal's residence shall execute the criminal punishment. After the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph under which a criminal is temporarily not put in prison disappeared, the criminal who has not completed the execution of his original term of sentence shall be handed over to a prison for imprisonment by the public security organ. | |
对前款所列暂不收监的罪犯，应当由交付执行的人民法院决定暂予监外执行。对其中暂予监外执行有社会危险性的，应当收监。暂予监外执行的罪犯，由居住地公安机关执行刑罚。前款所列暂不收监的情形消失后，原判刑期尚未执行完毕的罪犯，由公安机关送交监狱收监。 |
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| Article 18 When a criminal is put in prison, his or her body and the articles brought with him or her shall strictly be checked. The non-daily necessities shall be taken care of by the prison for the criminal or with the agreement of the criminal be returned to his or her families, and contraband goods shall be confiscated. | | 第十八条 罪犯收监，应当严格检查其人身和所携带的物品。非生活必需品，由监狱代为保管或者征得罪犯同意退回其家属，违禁品予以没收。 |
A female criminal shall be checked by a people's policewoman. | |
女犯由女性人民警察检查。 |
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| Article 19 A criminal may not bring his or her child with him or her to serve sentence in prison. | | 第十九条 罪犯不得携带子女在监内服刑。 |
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| Article 20 After a criminal is put in prison, the prison shall inform the criminal's family members. A written notice shall be sent out within five days from the date when the criminal is put in prison. | | 第二十条 罪犯收监后，监狱应当通知罪犯家属。通知书应当自收监之日起五日内发出。 |
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| SECTION 2 HANDLING OF PETITIONS, COMPLAINTS AND ACCUSATIONS MADE BY PRISONERS | | 第二节 对罪犯提出的申诉、控告、检举的处理 |
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| Article 21 If a prisoner is not satisfied with the effective judgment, he may file a petition. | | 第二十一条 罪犯对生效的判决不服的，可以提出申诉。 |
A people's procuratorate or a people's court shall without delay handle the petitions filed by prisoners. | |
对于罪犯的申诉，人民检察院或者人民法院应当及时处理。 |
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| Article 22 A prison shall without delay handle the complaints or accusations made by prisoners, or transfer the above material to a public security organ or a people's procuratorate for handling. The public security organ or the people's procuratorate shall inform the prison of the result of its handling. | | 第二十二条 对罪犯提出的控告、检举材料，监狱应当及时处理或者转送公安机关或者人民检察院处理，公安机关或者人民检察院应当将处理结果通知监狱。 |
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| Article 23 A prison shall transfer without delay the petitions, complaints and accusations made by prisoners and shall not withhold them. | | 第二十三条 罪犯的申诉、控告、检举材料，监狱应当及时转递，不得扣压。 |
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| Article 24 In the course of execution of the criminal punishment, if a prison believes on the basis of a prisoner's petition that the judgment may be wrongfully made, it shall refer the matter to a people's procuratorate or a people's court for handling. The people's procuratorate or the people's court shall notify the prison of the result of its handling within six months from the date of receiving the prison's written recommendation for handling. | | 第二十四条 监狱在执行刑罚过程中，根据罪犯的申诉，认为判决可能有错误的，应当提请人民检察院或者人民法院处理，人民检察院或者人民法院应当自收到监狱提请处理意见书之日起六个月内将处理结果通知监狱。 |
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| SECTION 3 EXECUTION OUTSIDE PRISON | | 第三节 监外执行 |
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| Article 25 If a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment serving his sentence in prison complies with the conditions for execution outside prison as provided by the Criminal Procedure Law, he may be permitted to temporarily serve his sentence outside prison. | | 第二十五条 对于被判处无期徒刑、有期徒刑在监内服刑的罪犯，符合刑事诉讼法规定的监外执行条件的，可以暂予监外执行。 |
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| Article 26 For temporary execution outside prison, a written recommendation shall be made by a prison and submitted for approval to the administrative organ of prisons of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government. The organ granting the approval shall notify the public security organ and the people's court making the original judgment of the decision on the approval of the temporary execution outside prison, and send a duplicate of its decision to the people's procuratorate. | | 第二十六条 暂予监外执行，由监狱提出书面意见，报省、自治区、直辖市监狱管理机关批准。批准机关应当将批准的暂予监外执行决定通知公安机关和原判人民法院，并抄送人民检察院。 |
If a people's procuratorate considers that it is improper to apply temporary execution outside prison to the prisoner, the people's procuratorate shall send its written opinions within one month from the date of receiving the notice to the organ that approved the temporary execution outside prison. The said organ shall, upon receiving the written opinions from the people's procuratorate, conduct forthwith reexamination and re-verification of its decision. | |
人民检察院认为对罪犯适用暂予监外执行不当的，应当自接到通知之日起一个月内将书面意见送交批准暂予监外执行的机关，批准暂予监外执行的机关接到人民检察院的书面意见后，应当立即对该决定进行重新核查。 |
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| Article 27 If a prisoner temporarily serves his sentence outside prison, the public security organ in the place of the prisoner's residence shall execute his sentence. The prison that originally held the prisoner in custody shall promptly inform such public security organ of the prisoner's performances of reform in prison. | | 第二十七条 暂予监外执行的罪犯，由居住地公安机关执行。原关押监狱应当及时将罪犯在监内改造情况通报负责执行的公安机关。 |
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| Article 28 After the circumstances causing temporary execution outside prison disappeared, if the prisoner has not completed his term of sentence, the public security organ in charge of the execution shall without delay inform the prison to put the prisoner back into prison; if a prisoner has completed his term of sentence, the prison that originally held the prisoner in custody shall handle the formalities for the release. If a prisoner died during the period of temporary execution outside prison, the public security organ shall, without delay, inform the prison that originally held the prisoner in custody about the death. | | 第二十八条 暂予监外执行的情形消失后，刑期未满的，负责执行的公安机关应当及时通知监狱收监；刑期届满的，由原关押监狱办理释放手续。罪犯在暂予监外执行期间死亡的，公安机关应当及时通知原关押监狱。 |
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| SECTION 4 COMMUTATION OF PUNISHMENT AND RELEASE ON PAROLE | | 第四节 减刑、假释 |
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| Article 29 If a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment has shown true repentance or rendered meritorious service during the term of imprisonment, his sentence may be commuted on the basis of the result of the assessment made by the prison. If a prisoner has rendered one of the following major meritorious services, his sentence shall be commuted: | | 第二十九条 被判处无期徒刑、有期徒刑的罪犯，在服刑期间确有悔改或者立功表现的，根据监狱考核的结果，可以减刑。有下列重大立功表现之一的，应当减刑： |
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| (1) having stopped a grave criminal activity of another person; | | （一）阻止他人重大犯罪活动的； |
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| (2) having reported a grave criminal activity inside or outside prison which has been ascertained to be true; | | （二）检举监狱内外重大犯罪活动，经查证属实的； |
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| (3) having made an invention or a major technical innovation; | | （三）有发明创造或者重大技术革新的； |
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| (4) having risked his or her life to save others in daily production or life; | | （四）在日常生产、生活中舍己救人的； |
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| (5) having made remarkable performances in fighting against natural calamities or in avoiding or removing grave accidents; or | | （五）在抗御自然灾害或者排除重大事故中，有突出表现的； |
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| (6) having made other major contributions to the State or the society. | | （六）对国家和社会有其他重大贡献的。 |
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| Article 30 A recommendation for commutation of a sentence shall be made by a prison to a people's court. The people's court shall within one month from the date of receiving the written recommendation examine it and make a ruling thereon; if the case is complicated or the circumstances are special, the said period may be extended by one month. A duplicate of the ruling on commutation of a sentence shall be sent to the people's procuratorate. | | 第三十条 减刑建议由监狱向人民法院提出，人民法院应当自收到减刑建议书之日起一个月内予以审核裁定；案情复杂或者情况特殊的，可以延长一个月。减刑裁定的副本应当抄送人民检察院。 |
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| Article 32 Where a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment conforms with the conditions for release on parole as provided by the law, the prison shall, on the basis of the result of its assessment, make a recommendation for release on parole to the people's court. The people's court shall, within one month from the date of receiving the written recommendation, examine it and make a ruling thereon; if the case is complicated or the circumstances are special, the said period may be extended by one month. A duplicate of the ruling on parole shall be sent to the people's procuratorate. | | 第三十二条 被判处无期徒刑、有期徒刑的罪犯，符合法律规定的假释条件的，由监狱根据考核结果向人民法院提出假释建议，人民法院应当自收到假释建议书之日起一个月内予以审核裁定；案情复杂或者情况特殊的，可以延长一个月。假释裁定的副本应当抄送人民检察院。 |
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| Article 33 Where a people's court has made a ruling on parole, the prison shall parole the prisoner as scheduled and issue him a certificate of parole. | | 第三十三条 人民法院裁定假释的，监狱应当按期假释并发给假释证明书。 |
A parolee shall be supervised by a public security organ. Where a parolee during the period of parole commits any acts in violation of laws, administrative rules and regulations or the regulations of the public security department under the State Council on the supervision and control of parolees, if such acts do not constitute a new crime, the public security organ may make a written recommendation for the cancellation of parole to the people's court. The people's court shall within one month from the date of receiving the written recommendation examine it and make a ruling thereon. Where the people's court has ruled to cancel the parole, the parolee shall be handed over to the prison for custody by the public security organ. | |
被假释的罪犯由公安机关予以监督。被假释的罪犯，在假释期间有违反法律、行政法规和国务院公安部门有关假释的监督管理规定的行为，尚未构成新的犯罪的，公安机关可以向人民法院提出撤销假释的建议，人民法院应当自收到撤销假释建议书之日起一个月内予以审核裁定。人民法院裁定撤销假释的，由公安机关将罪犯送交监狱收监。 |
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| Article 34 If a prisoner does not satisfy the conditions for commutation or parole as provided by the law, the prisoner shall not be commuted or paroled on any ground. | | 第三十四条 对不符合法律规定的减刑、假释条件的罪犯，不得以任何理由将其减刑、假释。 |
If a people's procuratorate considers that a ruling on commutation or parole made by a people's court is improper, it may lodge a protest within the time limit specified by the Criminal Procedure Law. With respect to the case protested by the people's procuratorate, the people's court shall try it anew. | |
人民检察院认为人民法院减刑、假释的裁定不当，应当依照刑事诉讼法规定的期间提出抗诉，对于人民检察院抗诉的案件，人民法院应当重新审理。 |
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| SECTION 5 RELEASE AND RESETTLEMENT | | 第五节 释放和安置 |
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| Article 35 If a prisoner has completed service of his sentence, the prison shall release him as scheduled and issue him a certificate of release. | | 第三十五条 罪犯服刑期满，监狱应当按期释放并发给释放证明书。 |
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| Article 36 After a prisoner is released, the public security organ shall make residence registration for him on the strength of his certificate | | 第三十六条 罪犯释放后，公安机关凭释放证明书办理户籍登记。 |
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| Article 37 With respect to a person released after serving his sentence, the local people's government shall assist him in resettling down. | |
刑满释放人员丧失劳动能力又无法定赡养人、扶养人和基本生活来源的，由当地人民政府予以救济。 |
If a person released after serving his sentence has lost his ability to do labour, and has no statutory supporters or basic source of income, the local people's government shall offer him relief. | |
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| Article 38 A person released after serving his sentence shall enjoy equal rights with other citizens in accordance with the law. | |
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CHAPTER IV PRISON ADMINISTRATION | |
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| | 第一节 分押分管 |
| SECTION 1 SEPARATE CUSTODY AND SEPARATE CONTROL | |
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| | 第三十九条 监狱对成年男犯、女犯和未成年犯实行分开关押和管理，对未成年犯和女犯的改造，应当照顾其生理、心理特点。 |
| Article 39 A prison shall practise separate custody and separate control with respect to male adult prisoners, female adult prisoners and juvenile delinquents. In respect of the reform of juvenile delinquents and female prisoners, special consideration shall be given to their physiological and psychological characteristics. | |
监狱根据罪犯的犯罪类型、刑罚种类、刑期、改造表现等情况，对罪犯实行分别关押，采取不同方式管理。 |
A prison shall, with respect to prisoners, carry out separate custody and varied control on the basis of their types of crimes and punishments, terms of sentences and performances of reform. | |
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| Article 40 Female prisoners shall be under the direct control of people's policewomen. | |
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| SECTION 2 GUARD | |
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| | 第四十一条 监狱的武装警戒由人民武装警察部队负责，具体办法由国务院、中央军事委员会规定。 |
| Article 41 The people's armed police forces shall be in charge of the armed guard of prisons. The specific measures shall be prescribed by the State Council and the Central Military Commission. | |
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| Article 42 If a prison discovers that a prisoner in custody has escaped, the prison shall capture him as soon as possible. If the prison can not immediately capture the escaped prisoner, it shall notify the public security organ without delay. The public security organ shall be responsible for the pursuit and capture of the escaped prisoner, and the prison shall closely coordinate with the public security organ. | |
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| Article 43 A prison shall set up guard installations in accordance with the needs of supervision and control. The guard segregation zone around a prison shall be delimited. No one shall, without permission, enter into such zone. | |
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| Article 44 State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and grass-roots organizations in the neighbourhood of a prison or its operation areas shall assist the prison in its security work. | |
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| SECTION 3 USE OF RESTRAINT IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS | |
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| Article 45 Under any of the following circumstances, a prison may use restraint implements: | |
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| (4) if a prisoner commits other dangerous acts against which it is necessary to take precautions. | |
前款所列情形消失后，应当停止使用戒具。 |
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| Article 46 Personnel on duty of the people's police or the people's armed police forces may, under any of the following circumstances, which can not be checked without the use of weapons, use weapons in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State: | |
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Personnel who have used weapons shall report the situations in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State. | |
使用武器的人员，应当按照国家有关规定报告情况。 |
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| SECTION 4 CORRESPONDENCE AND MEETING WITH VISITORS | | 第四节 通信、会见 |
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| Article 47 A prisoner may, during the service of his sentence, correspond with others, but their correspondence shall be examined by the prison. If the prison discovers that the contents of a letter present a hindrance to the reform of the prisoner, the prison may detain the letter. Letters from a prisoner to the higher authorities of the prison or to the judicial organs shall be free from examination. | | 第四十七条 罪犯在服刑期间可以与他人通信，但是来往信件应当经过监狱检查。监狱发现有碍罪犯改造内容的信件，可以扣留。罪犯写给监狱的上级机关和司法机关的信件，不受检查。 |
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| Article 48 A prisoner may, in accordance with the relevant regulations, meet with his relatives and guardians during the service of his sentence. | | 第四十八条 罪犯在监狱服刑期间，按照规定，可以会见亲属、监护人。 |
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| Article 49 Goods or money to be received by a prisoner shall be subject to the approval and examination of the prison. | | 第四十九条 罪犯收受物品和钱款，应当经监狱批准、检查。 |
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| SECTION 5 LIFE AND HEALTH | | 第五节 生活、卫生 |
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| Article 50 The living standard of prisoners shall be measured by the quantity of material objects, and it shall be set by the State. | | 第五十条 罪犯的生活标准按实物量计算，由国家规定。 |
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| Article 51 The beddings and clothings of prisoners shall be uniformly rationed and provided by the prison. | | 第五十一条 罪犯的被服由监狱统一配发。 |
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| Article 52 Considerations shall be given to the special habits and customs of prisoners of minority ethnic groups. | | 第五十二条 对少数民族罪犯的特殊生活习惯，应当予以照顾。 |
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| Article 53 Wards of a prison shall be firm, ventilated, possible for the natural light to come in, clean and warm. | | 第五十三条 罪犯居住的监舍应当坚固、通风、透光、清洁、保暖。 |
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| Article 54 A prison shall set up medical organs and living and sanitary facilities, and institute regulations on the life and sanitation of prisoners. Medical and health care of prisoners shall be put into the public health and epidemic prevention programme of the area in which the prison is located. | | 第五十四条 监狱应当设立医疗机构和生活、卫生设施，建立罪犯生活、卫生制度。罪犯的医疗保健列入监狱所在地区的卫生、防疫计划。 |
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| Article 55 If a prisoner dies during imprisonment, the prison shall immediately inform the prisoner's family members, the people's procuratorate and the people's court. If a prisoner dies from a disease, the prison shall make a medical appraisal. If the people's procuratorate suspects the prison's medical appraisal, it may make an appraisal anew on the cause of the death. If the family members of the prisoner suspect the prison's medical appraisal, they may raise their suspicion to the people's procuratorate. If a prisoner dies an abnormal death, the people's procuratorate shall immediately conduct examinations and make an appraisal on the cause of the death. | | 第五十五条 罪犯在服刑期间死亡的，监狱应当立即通知罪犯家属和人民检察院、人民法院。罪犯因病死亡的，由监狱作出医疗鉴定。人民检察院对监狱的医疗鉴定有疑义的，可以重新对死亡原因作出鉴定。罪犯家属有疑义的，可以向人民检察院提出。罪犯非正常死亡的，人民检察院应当立即检验，对死亡原因作出鉴定。 |
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| SECTION 6 REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS | | 第六节 奖惩 |
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| Article 57 If a prisoner is under one of the following circumstances, the prison may commend or award him, or record a merit for him: | | 第五十七条 罪犯有下列情形之一的，监狱可以给予表扬、物质奖励或者记功： |
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Where a prisoner sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment is under one of the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, if he has served more than a half of the original term of his sentence, and has always shown good performances during imprisonment and if his leaving from the prison will no longer endanger the society, the prison may, in light of the circumstances, permit him to leave the prison for the purpose of visiting his family members or relatives. | |
被判处有期徒刑的罪犯有前款所列情形之一，执行原判刑期二分之一以上，在服刑期间一贯表现好，离开监狱不致再危害社会的，监狱可以根据情况准其离监探亲。 |
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The term of solitary confinement imposed on a prisoner as stipulated by the preceding paragraph shall be from seven to fifteen days. | |
依照前款规定对罪犯实行禁闭的期限为七天至十五天。 |
If a prisoner has committed an act specified in the first paragraph during the service of his sentence, and if the case constitutes a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law. | |
罪犯在服刑期间有第一款所列行为，构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。 |
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| SECTION 7 HANDLING OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY PRISONERS DURING THE TERM OF IMPRISONMENT | | 第七节 对罪犯服刑期间犯罪的处理 |
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| Article 60 A criminal case committed by a prisoner in the prison shall be investigated by the prison. On the conclusion of the investigation, a recommendation for prosecution or a recommendation for exemption from prosecution written by the prison together with the case file and the evidence shall be handed over to a people's procuratorate. | | 第六十条 对罪犯在监狱内犯罪的案件，由监狱进行侦查。侦查终结后，写出起诉意见书或者免予起诉意见书，连同案卷材料、证据一并移送人民检察院。 |
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| CHAPTER V EDUCATION AND REFORM OF PRISONERS | | 第五章 对罪犯的教育改造 |
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| Article 61 In the education and reform of prisoners, the principle of suiting education to different persons and cases and persuading prisoners through reasoning shall be implemented and the method of combining collective education with individual education and combining education by the prison with education by the society adopted. | | 第六十一条 教育改造罪犯，实行因人施教、分类教育、以理服人的原则，采取集体教育与个别教育相结合、狱内教育与社会教育相结合的方法。 |
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| Article 62 A prison shall carry out ideological education among prisoners in legality, morality, current situations, policies and outlook on their futures. | | 第六十二条 监狱应当对罪犯进行法制、道德、形势、政策、前途等内容的思想教育。 |
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| Article 63 A prison shall, in light of different conditions of prisoners, carry out literacy education, primary education and junior secondary education. If a prisoner has passed due examinations, the educational department shall issue him the corresponding certificate of education. | | 第六十三条 监狱应当根据不同情况，对罪犯进行扫盲教育、初等教育和初级中等教育，经考试合格的，由教育部门发给相应的学业证书。 |
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| Article 65 A prison shall encourage prisoners to study on their own. If a prisoner has passed due examinations, the relevant department shall issue him the corresponding certificate. | | 第六十五条 监狱鼓励罪犯自学，经考试合格的，由有关部门发给相应的证书。 |
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| Article 66 The cultural, occupational and technical education of prisoners shall be included into the educational plan of the area where the prison is located. A prison shall have necessary educational facilities such as class-rooms and reading-rooms. | | 第六十六条 罪犯的文化和职业技术教育，应当列入所在地区教育规划。监狱应当设立教室、图书阅览室等必要的教育设施。 |
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| Article 67 A prison shall organize prisoners to conduct proper sport activities and cultural recreations. | | 第六十七条 监狱应当组织罪犯开展适当的体育活动和文化娱乐活动。 |
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| Article 68 State organs, public organizations, units of armed forces, enterprises, institutions, personage of various circles and family members or relatives of prisoners shall assist prisons in doing a good job in the education and reform of prisoners. | | 第六十八条 国家机关、社会团体、部队、企业事业单位和社会各界人士以及罪犯的亲属，应当协助监狱做好对罪犯的教育改造工作。 |
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| Article 69 An able-bodied prisoner must do labour. | | 第六十九条 有劳动能力的罪犯，必须参加劳动。 |
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| Article 70 A prison shall, in the light of the individual conditions of prisoners, rationally organize them to do labour so as to correct their bad habits, to cultivate their habits of working, to acquire production skills and to create conditions for employment after their release. | | 第七十条 监狱根据罪犯的个人情况，合理组织劳动，使其矫正恶习，养成劳动习惯，学会生产技能，并为释放后就业创造条件。 |
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| Article 71 With regard to the working hours of prisoners, a prison shall make reference to the State's relevant regulations on working hours; under special circumstances such as seasonal production, the working hours may be readjusted. | | 第七十一条 监狱对罪犯的劳动时间，参照国家有关劳动工时的规定执行；在季节性生产等特殊情况下，可以调整劳动时间。 |
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| Article 72 Prisons shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations, pay remunerations to the prisoners who take part in labour, and implement relevant regulations of the State on labour protection. | | 第七十二条 监狱对参加劳动的罪犯，应当按照有关规定给予报酬并执行国家有关劳动保护的规定。 |
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| Article 73 If a prisoner is injured, disabled or dead in the course of doing labour, the prison shall handle the matter with reference to relevant regulations of the State on labour insurance. | | 第七十三条 罪犯在劳动中致伤、致残或者死亡的，由监狱参照国家劳动保险的有关规定处理。 |
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| CHAPTER VI EDUCATION AND REFORM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS | | 第六章 对未成年犯的教育改造 |
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| Article 74 Criminal punishments on juvenile delinquents shall be executed in the reformatories for juvenile delinquents. | | 第七十四条 对未成年犯应当在未成年犯管教所执行刑罚。 |
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| Article 75 The focus in the execution of criminal punishments on juvenile delinquents shall be on education and reform. Labour for juvenile delinquents shall conform to the characteristics of minors and its main objectives shall be to acquire an elementary education and production skills. | | 第七十五条 对未成年犯执行刑罚应当以教育改造为主。未成年犯的劳动，应当符合未成年人的特点，以学习文化和生产技能为主。 |
A prison shall coordinate with the State, society and educational institutions such as schools in providing necessary conditions for juvenile delinquents to receive compulsory education. | |
监狱应当配合国家、社会、学校等教育机构，为未成年犯接受义务教育提供必要的条件。 |
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| Article 76 If a juvenile delinquent has reached the age of 18 and the remaining term of his sentence does not exceed two years, he may still be kept in the reformatory for juvenile delinquents for the execution of the remaining term of his sentence. | | 第七十六条 未成年犯年满十八周岁时，剩余刑期不超过二年的，仍可以留在未成年犯管教所执行剩余刑期。 |
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| Article 77 If matters relating to the control, education and reform of juvenile delinquents are not covered by this Chapter, the relevant provisions of this Law shall apply. | | 第七十七条 对未成年犯的管理和教育改造，本章未作规定的，适用本法的有关规定。 |
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| CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS | | 第七章 附则 |
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| Article 78 This Law shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation. | | 第七十八条 本法自公布之日起施行。 |
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