Marine Environmental Protection Law

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Marine Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国海洋环境保护法

[Current Text: Chinese only]

(adopted Aug. 23, 1982, effective Mar. 1, 1983; revised Dec. 25, 1999, effective Apr. 1, 2000; amended and effective Dec. 28, 2013; amended and effective Nov. 7, 2016; amended and effective Nov. 4, 2017; revised Oct. 24, 2023, effective Jan. 1, 2024)

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