Agriculture Law of the Peoples Republic of China 中华人民共和国农业法

ct pests in the forests， protect forest lands， check up denudation and illegal felling of trees， and increase the forest coverage.

　　Article 58 The State shall protect and make a rational use of the natural resources such as water， forest， grassland， wild animals and plants， and protect them from pollution or destruction.

　　Chapter VIII Legal liability

　　Article 59 Anyone who， in violation of the provisions of Article l8 or Article l9 of this Law， collects fees from， or imposes fines upon， or apportions costs among， or compulsorily raises funds from peasants or agricultural production and operation organizations shall be checked up and made public by the organs at higher levels， whoever has collected money or has used labour force or material resources shall be ordered by the organs at higher levels to return the money so collected or to pay compensation at the market price of the labour force or material resources so used within a time limit. If the circumstances are serious， persons held directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions by the organs at higher levels or the units they belong to.

　　Article 60 Any unit which， in violation of the provisions of paragraph l of Article 41 or paragraph 2 of Article 47 of this Law， intercepts the funds for purchasing agricultural products and misappropriates the funds to any use other than purchasing agricultural products， or intercepts the funds allocated for agriculture by people's governments at various levels and misappropriates such funds to any use other than agricultural expenditure， or intercepts the agricultural loans granted by banks and misappropriates such loans to any non-agricultural use， shall be ordered by organs at higher levels to return the funds intercepted or misappropriated within a time limit. And if the circumstances are serious， persons held directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions by the organs at higher levels or the units they belong to.

　　Article 61 Anyone who， in violation of the provisions of Article 4 of this Law， buys or sells or illegally transfers land in any other way， or illegally occupies land， shall be investigated for legal liability in accordance with the provisions of the Land Administration Law.

　　Article 62 Anyone who， in violation of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 34 of this Law， produces fake pestidides， fake veterinary drugs or fak

e chemical fertilizers， or sells pesticides， veterinary drugs， chemical fertilizers and seeds while clearly knowing such products to be fake or no longer effective， or any producer or seller who passes substandard pesticides， veterinary drugs， chemical fertilizers or seeds off as the ones up to the standard， shall be ordered to stop the production or selling. The products illegally produced or sold， and the unlawful earnings shall be confiscated， and a fine of not less than one time the value of the unlawful earnings but not more than five times of it shall be imposed upon， and the business licences may be revoked. And if the offence constitutes a crime， the offender shall be investigated for criminal responsibilities according to law.

　　The administrative sanctions and penalties stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be decided by the organs provided by laws or administrative rules and regulations.

　　Article 63 Anyone who， in violation of the provisions of this Law， infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of agricultural production and operation organizations or agricultural labourers， and thus causes any loss or damage to them， shall bear the liability for civil compensation according to law.

　　Article 64 In case a person violates any provision of this Law， and thus shall be subjected to administrative sanctions according to law， the provisions of relevant laws and regulations shall be applied except as otherwise provided for in this Law.

　　Article 65 Anyone who violates the provisions of this Law， and thus shall be investigated for criminal responsibilities according to Law， shall be investigated for criminal responsibilities in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws.

　　Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 66 This Law shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation

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