中华人民共和国人民警察警衔条例 Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China on the Police Ranks of the Peoples Poli

in the scheme for his or her new post， his or her rank shall be adjusted to that maximum rank correspondingly. The limits of authority for approving such rank adjustment shall be the same as those for approving the original rank.

　　Article 21 The people's police who violate the police discipline may be punished with a demotion in the police ranks. The limits of authority for approving such demotion in ranks shall be the same as those for approving the original rank. Once a people's policeman （woman） is punished with a demotion in rank， the interval for his or her promotion in the police ranks shall be computed anew on the basis of the police rank he or she holes after demotion.

　　Demotion in the police ranks of the people's police shall not be applied to Constables Second Class.

　　Article 22 The people's police who are expelled from public service shall be deprived of their police ranks accordingly.

　　The people's police who commit crimes and are sentenced to deprivation of political rights or to fixed-term imprisonment or more serious criminal punishments shall be deprived of their police ranks accordingly.

　　The provisions in the preceding paragraph shall apply to the retired people's police who commit crimes.

　　Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 23 These Regulations shall apply to the police ranks of the people's police who work in the State security departments and the reform-through –labour ad rehabilitation-through-labour institutions， as well as to the judicial police in the people's courts and the people's procuratorates.

　　The limits of authority for approving conferment of and promotion in the police ranks of the people's police in the State security departments and the reform-through-labour and rehabilitation-through-labour institutions shall be prescribed by the State Council. The limits of authority for approving the conferment of and promotion in the police ranks of the judicial police shall be prescribed by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate with reference to these Regulations.

　　The police rank system shall not be practised for the pers

onnel who do not hold police posts in the public security departments， the State security departments， and the reform-through-labour and rehabilitation-through-labour institutions.

　　Article 24 The patterns of the insignias for the police ranks and the way of wearing them shall be drawn up by the State Council.

　　Article 25 The measures for the implementation of these Regulations shall be formulated by the State Council.

　　Article 26 These Regulations shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation

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