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Prison Law of the People’s Republic of China-2012

China
This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of correctly executing criminal punishments, punishing and reforming prisoners, preventing and reducing crimes.  A prison is an organ of the State for executing criminal punishments. Criminal punishments of prisoners sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment shall be executed in prisons under the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law. A prison shall, with regard to prisoners, implement the principle of combining punishment with reform and combining education with labor, in order to transform them into law-abiding citizens.

Prison Law of the People’s Republic of China

(Adopted at the 11th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on December 29, 1994 and amended on the basis of the Decision on Amending the Prison Law of the People’s Republic of China (Order No. 63 of the President of the People’s Republic of China) as adopted at the 29th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress on October 26, 2012)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II PRISON

CHAPTER III EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENTS

SECTION 1 PUTTING IN PRISON

SECTION 2 HANDLING OF PETITIONS, COMPLAINTS AND ACCUSATIONS MADE BY PRISONERS

SECTION 3 EXECUTION OUTSIDE PRISON

SECTION 4 COMMUTATION OF PUNISHMENT AND RELEASE ON PAROLE

SECTION 5 RELEASE AND RESETTLEMENT

CHAPTER IV PRISON ADMINISTRATION

SECTION 1 SEPARATE CUSTODY AND SEPARATE CONTROL

SECTION 2 GUARD

SECTION 3 USE OF RESTRAINT IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS

SECTION 4 CORRESPONDENCE AND MEETING WITH VISITORS

SECTION 5 LIFE AND HEALTH

SECTION 6 REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS

SECTION 7 HANDLING OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY PRISONERS DURING THE TERM OF IMPRISONMENT

CHAPTER V EDUCATION AND REFORM OF PRISONERS

CHAPTER VI EDUCATION AND REFORM OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

CHAPTER VII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS


Prison Law of the People’s Republic of China