Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Law

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Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
中华人民共和国预防未成年人犯罪法

[Current Text: Chinese | English › NPC; China Law Translate]

(adopted June 28, 1999, effective Nov. 1, 1999; amended Oct. 26, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; revised Dec. 26, 2020, effective June 1, 2021)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Social Development Affairs Committee
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2019, 2020
• Legislative History & Text
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (final): Dec. 22–26, 2020 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #2: Aug. 8–11, 2020 (Chinese, English) 💬
    • Public consultation: Aug. 17–Sept. 30, 2020
  • NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Oct. 21–26, 2019 (Chinese, English) 💬
    • Public consultation: Oct. 31–Nov. 29, 2019
• Legislative Records [Gazette 2021(1): 87–100]
  • Explanation (Oct. 21, 2019)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Aug. 8, 2020)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Dec. 22, 2020)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Dec. 25, 2020)
  • Presidential Order (Dec. 26, 2020)

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Passes New Criminal Law Amendment, Revises National Defense Law & Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Law & Establishes Hainan IP Court (Dec. 28, 2020)
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