constituted, his criminalresponsibility shall be investigated

1)
evading without reason, refusing to assist in or obstructing
theexecution of the notice of a people s court for assistance in
itsexecution by a person who has the duty to render assistance;(2)
forging, concealing or destroying evidence;(3) instigating, suborning or
threatening others to commit perjury orhindering witnesses from
giving testimony;(4) concealing, transferring, selling or destroying the
property that hasbeen sealed up, seized or frozen;(5) using violence,
threats or other means to hinder the personnel of apeople s court
from performing their duties or disturbing the order of thework of a
people s court; or (6) insulting, slandering, framing, beatingor
retaliating against the personnel of a people s court, participants
inproceedings or personnel who assist in the execution of duties; A fine
ordetention must be approved by the president of a people s court.
Partieswho refuse to accept the punishment decision may
apply forreconsideration.Article 50A people s court shall not
apply conciliation in handling anadministrative case.Article
51Before a people s court announces its judgment or order on
anadministrative case, if the plaintiff applies for the withdrawal
of thesuit, or if the defendant amends its specific administrative
act and, as aresult, the plaintiff agrees and applies for the withdrawal
of the suit,the people s court shall decide whether or not to grant
the approval.Article 52In handling administrative cases, the people s
courts shall take the law,administrative rules and regulations and
local regulations as thecriteria. Local regulations shall be
applicable to administrative caseswithin the corresponding
administrative areas. In handling administrativecases of a national
autonomous area, the people s courts shall also takethe regulations on
autonomy and separate regulations of the nationalautonomous
area as the criteria. Article 53In handling administrative cases,
the people s courts shall take, asreferences, regulations
formulated and announced by ministries orcommissions under the
State Council in accordance with the law andadministrative
rules and regulations, decisions or orders of the StateCouncil and
regulations formulated and announced, in accordance with thelaw and
administrative rules and regulations of the State Council, by
thepeople s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalitiesdirectly under the Central Government, of the cities
where the people sgovernments of provinces and autonomous regions
are located, and of thelarger cities approved as such by the State
Council.If a people s court considers regulations formulated and
announced by alocal people s government to be inconsistent with
regulations formulatedand announced by a ministry or commission under
the State Council, or ifit considers regulations formulated and
announced by ministries orcommissions under the State Council to be
inconsistent with each other,the Supreme People s Court shall refer
the matter to the State Council forinterpretation or ruling.Article
54After hearing a case, a people s court shall make the following
judgmentsaccording to the varying conditions

1) If the evidence for
undertaking a specific administrative act isconclusive, the
application of the law and regulations to the act iscorrect, and
the legal procedure is complied with, the
specificadministrative act shall be sustained by judgment.(2) If a
specific administrative act has been undertaken in one of
thefollowing circumstances, the act shall be annulled or partially
annulledby judgment, or the defendant may be required by judgment to
undertake aspecific administrative act anew:a. inadequacy of
essential evidence;b. erroneous application of the law or regulations;c.
violation of legal procedure;d. exceeding authority; ore. abuse of
powers.(3) If a defendant fails to perform or delays the performance
of hisstatutory duty, a fixed time shall be set by judgment for his
performanceof the duty.(4) If an administrative sanction is obviously
unfair, it may be amendedby judgment. Article 55A defendant who has
been judged by a people s court to undertake aspecific
administrative act anew must not, based on the same fact andreason,
undertake a specific administrative act essentially identical withthe
original act.Article 56In handling administrative cases, if a people s
court considers the headof an administrative organ or the person
directly in charge to haveviolated administrative discipline, it
shall transfer the relevantmaterials to the administrative organ or
the administrative organ at thenext higher level or to a
supervisory or personnel department; if apeople s court considers
the person to have committed a crime, it shalltransfer the relevant
materials to the public security and procuratorialorgans.Article 57A
people s court shall pass a judgment of first instance within
threemonths from the day of filing the case. Extent of the time
limitnecessitated by special circumstances shall be approved by
a higherpeople s court, extent of the time limit for handling a
case of firstinstance by a higher people s court, extent of the time
limit for handlinga case of first instance by a higher people s court
shall be approved bythe Supreme People s Court.Article 58If a party
refuses to accept a judgment of first instance by a people scourt, he
shall have the right to file an appeal with the people s courtat
the next higher level within 15 days of the serving of the
writtenjudgment. If a party refuses to accept an order of first
instance by apeople s court, he shall have the right to file an
appeal with thepeople s court at the next higher level within 10 days
of the serving ofthe written order. All judgments and orders of
first instance by apeople s court that have not been appealed
within the prescribed timelimit shall be legally effective.Article
59A people s court may handle an appealed case by examining the
courtrecords, if it considers the facts clearly ascertained.Article 60In
handling an appealed case, a people s court shall make a final
judgmentwithin two months from the day of receiving the appeal. Extent
of the timelimit necessitated by special circumstances shall be approved
by a higherpeople s court, extent of the time limit for handling an
appealed case bya higher people s court shall be approved by the
Supreme People s Court. Article 61A people s court shall handle an
appealed case respectively according tothe conditions set forth
below

1) if the facts are clearly ascertained and the law and
regulations arecorrectly applied in the original judgment, the appeal
shall be rejectedand the original judgment sustained;(2) if the
facts are clearly ascertained but the law and regulations
areincorrectly applied in the original judgment, the judgment
shall beamended according to the law and regulations; or(3) if the
facts are not clearly ascertained in the original judgment orthe
evidence is insufficient, or a violation of the prescribed
proceduremay have affected the correctness of the original judgment,
the originaljudgment shall be rescinded and the case remanded to the
original people scourt for retrial, or the people s court of the
second instance may amendthe judgment after investigating and
clarifying the facts. The parties mayappeal against the judgment or
order rendered in a retrial of their case.Article 62If a party considers
that a legally effective judgment or order containssome definite
error, he may make complaints to the people s court whichtried the
case or to a people s court at a higher level, but the executionof the
judgment or order shall not be suspended.Article 63If the president of a
people s court finds a violation of provisions ofthe law or
regulations in a legally effective judgment or order of hiscourt and
deems it necessary to have the case retried, he shall refer
thematter to the adjudication committee, which shall decide whether a
retrialis necessary.If a people s court at a higher level finds a
violation of provisions ofthe law or regulations in a legally
effective judgment or order of apeople s court at a lower level, it
shall have the power to bring the caseup for trial itself or direct the
people s court at the lower level toconduct a retrial.Article
64If the people s procuratorate finds a violation of provisions of the
lawor regulations in a legally effective judgement or order of a
people scourt, it shall have the right to lodge a protest in
accordance withprocedures of judicial supervision.
Chapter VII Execution Article 65The parties must perform the
legally effective judgment or order of thepeople s court. If a
citizen, a legal person or any other organizationrefuses to perform
the judgment or order, the administrative organ mayapply to a
people s court of first instance for compulsory execution orproceed
with compulsory execution according to law. If an
administrativeorgan refuses to perform the judgment or order, the
people s court offirst instance may adopt the following measures

1)
informing the bank to transfer from the administrative organ s
accountthe amount of the fine that should be returned or the damages
that shouldbe paid;(2) imposing a fine of 50 to 100 yuan per day on an
administrative organthat fails to perform the judgment or order
within the prescribed timelimit, counting from the day when the
time limit expires;(3) putting forward a judicial proposal to the
administrative organsuperior to the administrative organ in question
or to a supervisory orpersonnel department; the organ or department
that accepts the judicialproposal shall deal with the matter in
accordance with the relevantprovisions and inform the people s
court of its disposition; and(4) if an administrative organ refuses to
execute a judgment or order, andthe circumstances are so serious that
a crime is constituted, the head ofthe administrative organ and the
person directly in charge shall beinvestigated for criminal
responsibility according to law.Article 66If a citizen, a legal person
or any other organization, during the periodprescribed by law,
neither brings a suit nor carries out the specificadministrative
act, the administrative organ may apply to a people s courtfor
compulsory execution, or proceed with compulsory execution accordingto
law. Chapter IX Liability for Compensation for Infringement of
Rights Article 67A citizen, a legal person or any other organization
who suffers damagebecause of the infringement upon his or its lawful
rights and interests bya specific administrative act of an
administrative organ or the personnelof an administrative organ,
shall have the right to claim compensation.If a citizen, a legal
person or any other organization makes anindependent claim for
damages, the case shall first be dealt with by anadministrative
organ. Anyone who refuses to accept the disposition by
theadministrative organ may file a suit in a people s court.
Conciliation maybe applied in handling a suit for damages.Article 68If a
specific administrative act undertaken by an administrative organ
orthe personnel of an administrative organ infringes upon the lawful
rightsand interests of a citizen, a legal person or any other
organization andcauses damage, the administrative organ or the
administrative organ towhich the above-mentioned personnel belongs
shall be liable forcompensation.After paying the compensation,
the administrative organ shall instructthose members of its
personnel who have committed intentional or grossmistakes in the
case to bear part or all of the damages.Article 69The cost of
compensation shall be included as an expenditure in thegovernment
budget at various levels. The people s governments at variouslevels
may order the administrative organs responsible for causing
thecompensation to bear part or all of the damages. The specific
measuresthereof shall be formulated by the State Council. Chapter
X Administrative Procedure Involving Foreign Interests Article 70This
Law shall be applicable to foreign nationals, stateless persons
andforeign organizations that are engaged in administrative suits in
thePeople s Republic of China, except as otherwise provided for by
law.Article 71Foreign nationals, stateless persons and foreign
organizations that areengaged in administrative suits in the
People s Republic of China shallhave the same litigation rights
and obligations as citizens andorganizations of the People s
Republic of China. Should the courts of aforeign country impose
restrictions on the administrative litigationrights of the
citizens and organizations of the People s Republic ofChina, the
Chinese people s courts shall follow the principle
ofreciprocity regarding the administrative litigation rights of the
citizensand organizations of that foreign country.Article 72If an
international treaty concluded or acceded to by the
People sRepublic of China contains provisions different from those found
in thisLaw, the provisions of the international treaty shall apply,
unless theprovisions are ones on which the People s Republic of
China has announcedreservations.Article 73When foreign nationals,
stateless persons and foreign organizationsappoint lawyers as
their agents ad litem in administrative suits in thePeople s Republic
of China, they shall appoint lawyers of a lawyers organization of
the People s Republic of China. Chapter XI
Supplementary Provisions Article 74A people s court shall charge
litigation fees for handling administrativecases. The litigation fee
shall be borne by the losing party, or by bothparties if they are both
held responsible. The procedure for the chargingof litigation fees
shall be specified separately.Article 75This Law shall come into force
as of October 1, 1990.