Criminal Procedure Law

Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法

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

(adopted July 1, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980; amended Mar. 17, 1996, effective Jan. 1, 1997; amended Mar. 14, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; amended and effective Oct. 26, 2018)

• Status: Amendment passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (170–2–0)
• Principal Drafter: NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commission
• Submitter: Council of Chairpersons
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2018
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: October 2018 (Chinese | English › NPC; $ China Law Translate)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: August 2018 (Chinese, $ English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: April 2018 (Chinese, $ English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Apr. 25, 2018)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Aug. 27, 2018)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Oct. 22, 2018)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Oct. 26, 2018)
  • Presidential Order (Oct. 26, 2018)
• Press Conference: October 26, 2018

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Amends Criminal Procedure Law, Overhauls Judicial System Organic Laws, Loosens Stock Buyback Restrictions & Designates SPC as National IP Appeals Court (Oct. 28, 2018)
• NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Draft Civil Code, Amendment to Criminal Procedure Law & Three Other Bills (Sept. 3, 2018)
• NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Draft Amendment to Criminal Procedure Law (Trial in Absentia Procedures Translated) (May 9, 2018)