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Part One: General Provisions
Chapter I: Objectives and Basic Principles
Article 1 To ensure correct enforcement of the...
Article 2 The objectives of the Criminal Procedure...
Article 3 Public security authorities are...
Article 4 National security authorities shall, in...
Article 5 People's courts shall exercise judicial...
Article 6 In criminal procedures, people's courts,...
Article 7 In criminal procedures, people's courts,...
Article 8 People's procuratorates shall conduct...
Article 9 Citizens of all nationalities shall have...
Article 10 After trial by a people's court of...
Article 11 People's courts shall hear cases in open...
Article 12 No person shall be found guilty without...
Article 13 In trying cases, people's courts shall...
Article 14 People's courts, people's procuratorate
Article 15 Under any of the following...
Article 16 Where a foreigner commits a crime and...
Article 17 In accordance with the international...
Chapter II: Jurisdiction
Article 18 Investigation of criminal cases shall be...
Article 19 A basic people's court shall have...
Article 20 An intermediate people's court shall...
Article 21 A higher people's court shall have...
Article 22 The Supreme People's Court shall have...
Article 23 When necessary, a people's court at a...
Article 24 A criminal case shall be under the...
Article 25 Where two or more people's courts at the...
Article 26 A people's court at a higher level may...
Article 27 The jurisdiction of specialized people's...
Chapter III: Disqualification
Article 28 Under any of the following...
Article 29 Judges, prosecutors, and investigators...
Article 30 The disqualification of a judge,...
Article 31 The disqualification provisions of this...
Chapter IV: Defense and Representation
Article 32 In addition to defending himself or...
Article 33 A criminal suspect shall have the right...
Article 34 Where a criminal suspect or defendant...
Article 35 The duties of a defender are to present...
Article 36 During the period of criminal...
Article 37 A defense lawyer may meet and...
Article 38 A defense lawyer may, from the day when...
Article 39 Where a defender believes that any...
Article 40 A defender shall inform the public...
Article 41 A defense lawyer may gather information...
Article 42 No defender or other person shall help a...
Article 43 At trial, a defendant may refuse to...
Article 44 A victim or his or her legal...
Article 45 Litigation representatives shall be...
Article 46 A defense lawyer shall have the right to...
Article 47 A defender or litigation representative...
Chapter V: Evidence
Article 48 All materials that may be used to prove...
Article 49 The burden of proof of guilty of the...
Article 50 Judges, prosecutors, and criminal...
Article 51 A written request of a public security...
Article 52 A people's court, a people's procurator
Article 53 In deciding each case, a people's court...
Article 54 A confession of a criminal suspect or...
Article 55 After receiving a report, accusation, or...
Article 56 Where, in a court session, a judge...
Article 57 During the investigation in court...
Article 58 Where, at trial, any illegal obtainment...
Article 59 A witness statement may be used as a...
Article 60 Any person who has information regarding...
Article 61 People's courts, people's procuratorate
Article 62 Where a witness, identification or...
Article 63 Subsidization shall be provided for the...
Chapter VI: Compulsory Measures
Article 64 A people's court, a people's procurator
Article 65 A people's court, a people's procurator
Article 66 Where a people's court, a people's proc
Article 67 A surety must meet the following...
Article 68 A surety shall perform the following...
Article 69 A bailed criminal suspect or defendant...
Article 70 The authority deciding on a bail shall...
Article 71 Where a criminal suspect or defendant...
Article 72 Under any of the following...
Article 73 Residential confinement shall be...
Article 74 The term of residential confinement at a...
Article 75 A criminal suspect or defendant under...
Article 76 Execution authorities may oversee...
Article 77 The period of bail granted by a people's...
Article 78 The arrest of a criminal suspect or...
Article 79 Where there is evidence to prove the...
Article 80 Under any of the following...
Article 81 Where a public security authority...
Article 82 Under any of the following...
Article 83 When detaining a person, a public...
Article 84 A public security authority shall...
Article 85 A public security authority shall...
Article 86 During the examination and approval of...
Article 87 A people's procuratorate's approval of
Article 88 After examining a case where a public...
Article 89 Deeming that a detainee needs to be...
Article 90 Deeming that a decision of a people's...
Article 91 When arresting a person, a public...
Article 92 A people's court or a people's procurat
Article 93 After arresting a criminal suspect or...
Article 94 Where a people's court, a people's proc
Article 95 A criminal suspect or defendant or his...
Article 96 Where a case involving a criminal...
Article 97 When the statutory term of a compulsory...
Article 98 Where, during the examination and...
Chapter VII: Incidental Civil Actions
Article 99 Where a victim has suffered any material...
Article 100 A people's court may, when necessary,...
Article 101 When trying an incidental civil case, a...
Article 102 An incidental civil action shall be...
Chapter VIII: Periods and Service of Process
Article 103 Periods are counted by hour, day, or...
Article 104 Where a party cannot meet a deadline...
Article 105 Summons, notices, and other court...
Chapter IX: Other Provisions
Article 106 For the purposes of this law:
Part Two: Opening a Case, Criminal Investigation,...
Chapter I: Opening a Case
Article 107 A public security authority or a...
Article 108 Any entity or individual which...
Article 109 Reports on crimes and criminal suspects...
Article 110 A people's court, a people's procurato
Article 111 Where a people's procuratorate deems...
Article 112 In a case of private prosecution, the...
Chapter II: Criminal Investigation
Section 1: General Rules
Article 113 After opening a criminal case, a public...
Article 114 After investigation, a public security...
Article 115 A party or a defender or litigation...
Section 2: Interrogation of Criminal Suspects
Article 116 The interrogation of a criminal suspect...
Article 117 A criminal suspect for whom an arrest...
Article 118 When interrogating a criminal suspect,...
Article 119 When a criminal suspect who suffers...
Article 120 The interrogation transcripts shall be...
Article 121 When interrogating a criminal suspect,...
Section 3: Interviewing Witnesses
Article 122 The investigators may interview a...
Article 123 When a witness is interviewed, the...
Article 124 The provisions of Article 120 of this...
Article 125 The provisions of this Section shall...
Section 4: Crime Scene Investigation and Examination
Article 126 The investigators shall conduct...
Article 127 Any entity or individual shall have the...
Article 128 To conduct a crime scene investigation...
Article 129 Where the cause of death of a person is...
Article 130 To determine certain characteristics,...
Article 131 Transcripts of a crime scene...
Article 132 Where a people's procuratorate...
Article 133 To solve a case, when necessary, an...
Section 5: Search
Article 134 To gather criminal evidence and capture...
Article 135 Any entity or individual shall have the...
Article 136 When a search is conducted, a search...
Article 137 During a search, the person under...
Article 138 Transcripts of a research shall be...
Section 6: Seizure and Impoundment of Physical...
Article 139 All objects and documents discovered...
Article 140 All seized or impounded objects and...
Article 141 Deeming it necessary to impound the...
Article 142 A people's procuratorate or a public...
Article 143 Where the seized or impounded objects,...
Section 7: Forensic Identification and Evaluation
Article 144 Where certain special issues in a case...
Article 145 After completion of identification or...
Article 146 The criminal investigation authority...
Article 147 The period of mental illness evaluation...
Section 8: Technical Investigation Measures
Article 148 After opening a case regarding a crime...
Article 149 In an approval decision, the types and...
Article 150 Where technical investigation measures...
Article 151 To solve a case, when necessary,...
Article 152 Materials collected by taking technical...
Section 9: Wanted Notices
Article 153 A public security authority may issue a...
Section 10: Close of Criminal Investigation
Article 154 The period of custody during criminal...
Article 155 Where, during a relatively long period...
Article 156 Where the investigation of the...
Article 157 Where a criminal suspect may be...
Article 158 Where, during the period of criminal...
Article 159 Where, before the investigation of a...
Article 160 To close the investigation of a case, a...
Article 161 Where it is discovered during criminal...
Section 11: Criminal Investigation of Cases...
Article 162 The criminal investigation of cases...
Article 163 Where, in a case directly accepted by a...
Article 164 A detainee in a case directly accepted...
Article 165 If a people's procuratorate deems it...
Article 166 After closing the criminal...
Chapter III: Initiation of Public Prosecution
Article 167 Any case requiring initiation of a...
Article 168 During the examination of a case, a...
Article 169 A people's procuratorate shall, within...
Article 170 When examining a case, a people's...
Article 171 When examining a case, a people's...
Article 172 Where a people's procuratorate deems...
Article 173 Where a criminal suspect has no...
Article 174 A decision not to initiate a public...
Article 175 Where a people's procuratorate decides...
Article 176 Where a people's procuratorate decides...
Article 177 Where a people's procuratorate decides...
Part Three: Trial
Chapter I: Trial Organizations
Article 178 Trials of cases by a basic people's...
Article 179 Where, during deliberation of a...
Article 180 After holding a court session and...
Chapter II: Procedures at First Instance
Section 1: Cases of Public Prosecution
Article 181 After examining a public prosecution...
Article 182 After deciding to hold a court session...
Article 183 A people's court of first instance...
Article 184 When a case of public prosecution is...
Article 185 When a court session begins, the...
Article 186 After the public prosecutor reads out...
Article 187 Where the public prosecutor or a party...
Article 188 Where, after being notified by a...
Article 189 Before a witness takes the stand, a...
Article 190 The public prosecutor and a defender...
Article 191 Where, during a court session, a...
Article 192 During a court session, a party or the...
Article 193 In a court session, any fact or...
Article 194 Where, during a court session, any...
Article 195 After a defendant makes his or closing...
Article 196 In any case, a sentence shall be...
Article 197 A written sentence shall be signed by...
Article 198 Where any of the following...
Article 199 Where the trial of a case is postponed...
Article 200 Where any of the following...
Article 201 The court clerk shall prepare...
Article 202 A people's court shall announce a...
Article 203 A people's procuratorate which...
Section 2: Cases of Private Prosecution
Article 204 Cases of private prosecution include:
Article 205 After examining a case of private...
Article 206 A people's court may conduct mediation...
Article 207 During litigation of a case of private...
Section 3: Summary Procedures
Article 208 A case under the jurisdiction of a...
Article 209 Under any of the following...
Article 210 In a case under summary procedures, if...
Article 211 When trying a case under summary...
Article 212 In a case under summary procedures, the...
Article 213 The trial of a case under summary...
Article 214 For a case under summary procedures, a...
Article 215 Where, during the trial of a case, a...
Chapter III: Procedures at Second Instance
Article 216 Against a sentence or ruling of a local...
Article 217 Deeming that there is any definite...
Article 218 Against a sentence of a local people's...
Article 219 The time limit for filing an appeal...
Article 220 Where a defendant, a private...
Article 221 Against a sentence or ruling of a...
Article 222 The people's court of second instance...
Article 223 A people's court of second instance...
Article 224 For a case appealed by a people's...
Article 225 After hearing an appellate case against...
Article 226 A people's court of second instance...
Article 227 Where a people's court of second...
Article 228 The original trial court shall form a...
Article 229 After reviewing an appeal against a...
Article 230 The original trial court shall count...
Article 231 A people's court of second instance...
Article 232 After accepting an appellate case, a...
Article 233 A sentence or ruling of a people's...
Article 234 A public security authority, a people's...
Chapter IV: Procedure for Review of Death Sentences
Article 235 Death sentences shall be subject to the...
Article 236 Where a defendant is sentenced to death...
Article 237 Where a defendant is sentenced to death...
Article 238 A collegial panel consisting of three...
Article 239 The Supreme People's Court reviewing a...
Article 240 The Supreme People's Court reviewing a...
Chapter V: Trial Supervision Procedures
Article 241 A party or his or her legal...
Article 242 Where a petition of a party or his or...
Article 243 Where the president of a people's court...
Article 244 Where a people's court at a higher...
Article 245 Where a people's court retries a case...
Article 246 For a case which a people's court...
Article 247 The trial of a case by a people's court...
Part Four: Execution
Article 248 Sentences and rulings shall be executed...
Article 249 Where a defendant in custody is...
Article 250 For a death sentence with immediate...
Article 251 After receiving an order from the...
Article 252 Before delivering a convict for...
Article 253 Where a convict is delivered for...
Article 254 Under any of the following...
Article 255 A prison or jail which prepares a...
Article 256 The authority which decides or approves...
Article 257 Under any of the following...
Article 258 A convict who is sentenced to...
Article 259 For a convict sentenced to deprivation...
Article 260 Where a convict sentenced to a fine...
Article 261 A sentence of confiscation of property,...
Article 262 Where a convict commits a crime again...
Article 263 Deeming that a ruling of a people's...
Article 264 Where, during execution of criminal...
Article 265 People's procuratorates shall supervise...
Part V: Special Procedures
Chapter I: Procedures for Juvenile Criminal Cases
Article 266 For juvenile criminals, the policy of...
Article 267 For a juvenile criminal suspect or...
Article 268 When handling juvenile criminal cases,...
Article 269 An arrest of a juvenile criminal...
Article 270 During the interrogation and trial of a...
Article 271 When a juvenile is suspected of a crime...
Article 272 During the probation period for...
Article 273 For a juvenile criminal suspect who is...
Article 274 A case may not be tried openly if the...
Article 275 Where a juvenile has not attained the...
Article 276 In the handling of juvenile criminal...
Chapter II: Procedures for Public Prosecution Cases...
Article 277 In the following cases of public...
Article 278 When both parties have reached a...
Article 279 For a case where a settlement agreement...
Chapter III: Confiscation Procedures for Illegal...
Article 280 Where, in a case regarding a serious...
Article 281 An application for confiscation of...
Article 282 A people's court shall render a ruling...
Article 283 Where a fugitive criminal suspect or...
Chapter IV: Procedures for Involuntary Medical...
Article 284 A mental patient who has committed any...
Article 285 Whether a mental patient is subject to...
Article 286 After accepting an application for...
Article 287 Deeming at trial that the respondent or...
Article 288 Involuntary medical treatment...
Article 289 A people's procuratorate shall oversee...
Article 290 The security departments of the armed...
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China (2012 Amendment) Revised

中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法(2012修正)

  • Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China

  • 中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法

  • (Adopted at the 2nd Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on July 1, 1979; amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at the 4th Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 17, 1996; and amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at the 5th Session of the Eleventh National People's Congress on March 14, 2012)
  • (1979年7月1日第五届全国人民代表大会第二次会议通过 根据1996年3月17日第八届全国人民代表大会第四次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉的决定》第一次修正 根据2012年3月14日第十一届全国人民代表大会第五次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉的决定》第二次修正)

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