Administrative Punishments Law

Administrative Punishments Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国行政处罚法

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

(adopted Mar. 17, 1996, effective Oct. 1, 1996; amended and effective Aug. 27, 2009; amended Sept. 1, 2017, effective Jan. 1, 2018; revised Jan. 22, 2021, effective July 15, 2021)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (159–1–0)
• Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission; Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2020, 2021
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: January 2021 (Chinese | English: NPC; $ China Law Translate)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: October 2020 (Chinese only)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: June 2020 (Chinese only)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (June 28, 2020)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Oct. 13, 2020)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Jan. 20, 2021)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Jan. 22, 2021)
  • Presidential Order (Jan. 22, 2021)
• Press Conference: January 22, 2021

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