中华人民共和国人民检察院组织法（修正） ORGANIC LAW OF THE PEOPLES PROCURATORATES OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

（Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National people's Congress on July 1， 1979， and amended according to the Decision on the Revision of the Organic Law of the People's Procuratorates of the People's Republic of China adopted at the Second Meeting Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on September 2， 1983）
颁布日期：19830902 　实施日期：19800101 　颁布单位：全国人大

　　Contents

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Chapter II Procedures for People's Procuratorates in Exercising Their Functions and Powers

　　Chapter III The Organizational Structure and the Appointment and Removal of Personnel of People's Procuratorates

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Article 1 The people's procuratorates of the People's Republic of China are state organs for legal supervision.

　　Article 2 The People's Republic of China shall establish the Supreme People's Procuratorate， the people's procuratorates at various local levels， military procuratorates and other special people's procuratorates. （Amended on September 2 ，1983）

　　The people's procuratorates at various local levels shall be divided into：

　　（1） people's procuratorates of provinces， autonomous regions， and municipalities directly under the Central Government；

　　（2） branches of the people's procuratorates of provinces， autonomous regions， and municipalities directly under the Central Government， and people's procuratorates of autonomous prefectures and cities directly under the provincial governments； and

　　（3） people's procuratorates of counties， cities， autonomous counties and municipal districts.

　　People's procuratorates at the provincial or county level may， according to work requirements and upon the approval of the standing committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level， set up people's procuratorates as their agencies in industrial and mining areas， agricultural reclamation areas， forest zones， etc. （A paragraph was deleted here on September 2， 1983）

　　The establishment， organization， functions and powers of special people's procuratorates shall be stipulated separately by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Article 3 People's procuratorates at all levels shall each have a chief procurator， a number of deputy chief procurators and procurators. The chief procurator exercises unified leadership over the work of the procuratorates.

　　People's procuratorates at all levels shall each set up a procuratorial committee. The procuratorial committee shall apply the system of democratic centralism and， under the direction of the chief procurator， hold discussions and make decisions on important cases and other major issues. In the case of the chief procurator disagreeing with the majority's opinion over a decision on an important issue， the matter may be reported to the standing committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level for final decision.

　　Article 4 The people's procuratorates shall， through exercising their procuratorial authority， suppress all treasonous activities， all activities to dismember the state and other counterrevolutionary activities， and strike at counter revolutionaries and other criminals， so as to safeguard the unification of the country， the system of proletarian dictator ship and the socialist legal system； to maintain public order and order in production， education， scientific research and other work， and in the life of the people； to protect socialist property owned by the whole people and by the collectives of the working masses， and the private property lawfully owned by citizens； to protect the citizens' rights of the person and their democratic and other rights； and to ensure the smooth progress of socialist modernization.

　　The people's procuratorates， through procuratorial activities， educate the citizens to be loyal to their socialist motherland， to con

sciously observe the Constitution and the laws and to actively fight against illegal activities.

　　Article 5 People's procuratorates at all levels shall exercise the following functions and powers：

　　（1） exercise procuratorial authority over cases of treason， cases involving acts to dismember the state and other major criminal cases severely impeding the unified enforcement of state policies， laws， decrees and administrative orders；

　　（2） conduct investigations of criminal cases handled directly by themselves；

　　（3） review cases investigated by public security organs and determine whether to approve arrest， to prosecute or to exempt from prosecution； exercise supervision over the investigatory activities of public security organs to determine whether they conform to the law；

　　（4） initiate public prosecutions of criminal cases and support such prosecutions； exercise supervision over the judicial activities of people's courts to determine whether they conform to the law； and

　　（5） exercise supervision over the execution of judgments and organs in criminal cases and over the activities of prisons， detention houses and organs in charge of reform through labour to determine whether such execution and activities conform to the law.

　　Article 6 People's procuratorates shall， in accordance with the law， protect citizens' rights to lodge complaints against state functionaries who break the law and shall investigate the legal responsibility of those persons who infringe upon other citizens' rights of the person and their democratic and other rights.

　　Article 7 People's procuratorates must， in executing their work， persistently seek truth from facts， follow the mass line， heed the opinions of the masses and subject themselves to supervision by the masses； investigate and study， laying stress on evidence rather than readily giving credence to oral statements and strictly forbidding the obtainment of confessions by compulsion； and correctly differentiate and handle contradictions between the enemy and the people， and those among the people themselves.

　　The functionaries of the people's procuratorates at all levels must pay high regard to actual facts and the law， be faithful to the socialist cause and serve the people wholeheartedly.

　　Article 8 In the exercise of procuratorial authority by people's procuratorates at all levels， the law shall be applied equally to all citizens， and no privileges shall be allowed .

　　Article 9 The people's procuratorates shall exercise procuratorial authority independently， in accordance with the provisions of the law， and shall not be subject to interference by any administrative organ， public organization or individual.

　　Article 10 The Supreme People's Procuratorate shall be responsible to and report on its work to the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee. The people's procuratorates at various local levels shall be responsible to and report on their work to the people's congresses and their standing committees at corresponding levels.

　　The Supreme People's Procuratorate shall direct the work of the people's procuratorates at various local levels and of the special people's procuratorates； the people's procuratorates at higher levels shall direct the work of those at lower levels.

　　Chapter II Procedures for People's Procuratorates in Exercising Their Functions and Powers

　　Article 11 If a people's procuratorate finds and confirms that a criminal act has been committed， it shall place the case on file for investigation in accordance with the procedure provided by law， or transfer it to a public security organ for investigation. If， upon conclusion of the investigation， the people's procuratorate deems it necessary to investigate criminal responsibility， it shall initiate a public prosecution in the people's court， or it shall rescind the case， if it deemsit unnecess

ary to investigate criminal responsibility.

　　Article 12 The arrest of any citizen， unless decided on by a people's court， must be subject to the approval of a people's procuratorate.

　　Article 13 A people's procuratorate shall review the cases for which a public security organ requests prosecution and decide whether to initiate public prosecution， to exempt from prosecution or not to initiate prosecution.

　　It may remand a case to the public security organ for supplementary investigation if the main facts of the crime are not clear or the evidence is insufficient.

　　If a people's procuratorate discovers violations of the law in the investigatory activities of a public security organ， it shall instruct that public security organ to rectify them.

　　Article 14 If a public security organ considers that there is an error in a decision of a people's procuratorate to disapprove arrest， not to initiate prosecution or to grant exemption from prosecution in the cases transferred by it to the people's procuratorate， it may request reconsideration by the people's procuratorate， and may also request review by the people's procuratorate at the next higher level. The higher-level people's procuratorate shall make a timely decision and instruct the lower-Level people's procuratorate and the public security organ to execute it.

　　Article 15 In legal proceedings instituted by a people's procuratorate， the chief procurator or a procurator shall attend the court session， in the capacity of state prosecutor， to support the prosecution and exercise supervision over the court proceedings， and to determine whether they Conform to the law.

　　Article 16 If a people's court considers that the main facts of a crime are not clear or the evidence is insufficient or there are violati

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