Judges Law

Judges Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国法官法

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

(adopted Feb. 28, 1995, effective July 1, 1995; amended June 30, 2001, effective Jan. 1, 2002; amended Sept. 1, 2017, effective Jan. 1, 2018; revised Apr. 23, 2019, effective Oct. 1, 2019)

• Status: Revision passed
• Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (165–5–0)
• Principal Drafter & Submitter: Supreme People’s Court
• Legislative Plans
  • Five-year: 12^th NPCSC Category I, 13^th NPCSC Category I
  • Annual: 2017 (preparatory), 2018, 2019 (presumed)
• Legislative History & Texts
  • NPCSC deliberation – 3^rd (final) round: April 2019 (Current Text ⇧)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 2^nd round: December 2018 (Chinese, $ English)
  • NPCSC deliberation – 1^st round: December 2017 (Chinese, $ English)
• Legislative Records
  • Explanation (Dec. 22, 2017)
  • Report on Status of Revision (Dec. 23, 2018)
  • Report on Results of Deliberation (Apr. 20, 2019)
  • Report on Suggestions for Revision (Apr. 23, 2019)
  • Presidential Order (Apr. 23, 2019)
• Press Conference: April 23, 2019

NPC Observer Coverage

• NPCSC Revises Judicial Personnel Laws, Amends Trademark and Unfair Competition Laws (Apr. 23, 2019)
• NPCSC Seeks Public Comments on Draft Patent Law Amendment, Two Civil Code Parts, Vaccine Administration Law & Four Other Bills (Jan. 4, 2019)
• NPCSC Session Watch: Foreign Investment, Patent, Resource Tax, Local Government Debt & More (Dec. 16, 2018)
• NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan (Apr. 27, 2018)
• NPCSC Releases Seven Draft Laws for Public Comments: December 29, 2017 (Dec. 29, 2017)
• NPCSC to End 2017 with Blockbuster December Session (Dec. 16, 2017)