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Public Security Administration Punishments Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法
[Current Text: Chinese · 🆚 | English]
(adopted Aug. 28, 2005, effective Mar. 1, 2006; amended Oct. 26, 2012, effective Jan. 1, 2013; revised June 27, 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter: Ministry of Public Security
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 13th NPCSC Category I; 14th NPCSC Category I
- Special: Public Health Category I
- Annual: 2018 (backup), 2019 (backup), 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – round #3 (final): June 24 – 27, 2025 (Current Text 🔝)
- NPCSC deliberation – round #2: June 25 – 28, 2024 (Chinese · Δ | English · Δ) 💬
- NPCSC deliberation – round #1: Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, 2023 (Chinese · Δ | English · Δ) 💬
- State Council public consultation: Jan. 16 – Feb. 25, 2017 (Chinese, English)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Aug. 28, 2023)
- Report on Status of Revision (June 25, 2024)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (June 24, 2025)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 26, 2025)
- Presidential Order (June 27, 2025)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPC (Finally) Responds to Controversy over Sealing Drug-Use Records (Dec. 26, 2025)
- 🔗 💰 Understanding China’s Controversy Over Sealing Petty Offense Records (Dec. 17, 2025)
- China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 2): Key Changes in General Principles, Offenses, and Procedures (Aug. 26, 2025)
- China’s Revised Law of Public Order Offenses (Part 1): Physical Liberty, Due Process, and Speech vs. Public Security Administration (Aug. 18, 2025)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Public Security Offenses, Border Health, Financial Stability, Mineral Resources & Report on Promoting Development of Private Economy (June 17, 2024)
- 📰 NPC Observer Monthly: September 2023 (Oct. 3, 2023)
- 📰 NPC Observer Monthly: August 2023 (Sept. 12, 2023)
- NPCSC Session Watch: Administrative Reconsideration, Foreign-Related Litigation, Public Security Offenses & Education (Aug. 21, 2023)
Last updated: December 26, 2025, 16:28 EST