People’s Courts Organic Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国人民法院组织法
[Current Text: Chinese, $ English]
(adopted July 1, 1979, effective Jan. 1, 1980; amended and effective Sept. 2, 1983; amended Oct. 31, 2006, effective Jan. 1, 2007; revised Oct. 26, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (169–2–1)
- Principal Drafter & Submitter: NPC Judicial and Internal Affairs Committee
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 8th NPCSC Category I; 9th NPCSC Category I; 10th NPCSC Category I; 12th NPCSC Category I; 13th NPCSC Category I
- Annual: 2017, 2018
- Legislative History & Texts
- Legislative Records:
- Explanation (Aug. 28, 2017)
- Report on Status of Revision (June 19, 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 Four Draft Laws: June 28, 2018 (June 28, 2018)
- NPCSC Session Watch: E-Commerce Law, Judicial Reform & Militarized China Coast Guard (June 11, 2018)
- NPC Standing Committee Releases 2018 Legislative Plan (Apr. 27, 2018)
- NPCSC Solicits Public Comments on Draft Revisions to Organic Laws of Courts and Procuratorates (Sept. 4, 2017)
- 29th Session Watch Pt. 1: NPCSC to Consider Revisions of Laws Organizing China’s Judicial System (Aug. 18, 2017)
- NPC Standing Committee Schedules Major Legislations for 2017 (May 3, 2017)