深圳市人民代表大会议事规则 Rules of Procedure of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress

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　　Chapter 4　Deliberating Work Reports and Examining the Municipal Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Financial Budget

　　Article 26 When the Municipal People’s Congress is in session each year, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, the Municipal People’s Government, the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court and the Municipal People’s Procuratorate shall submit work reports to the

meeting.

　　The Municipal People’s Government, the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court and the Municipal People’s Procuratorate shall submit work reports to the General Office of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress fifteen days before the meeting is held.

　　Article 27 The plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress shall make corresponding resolutions on the work reports of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, the Municipal People’s Government, the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court and the Municipal People’s Procuratorate, after they are heard by the Municipal People’s Congress and deliberated by all delegations.

　　Article 28 When the Municipal People’s Congress is in session each year, the Municipal People’s Government shall submit to the meeting the report on the draft plan for national economic and social development of this year and the implementation of the plan of the previous year, and the report on the municipal budget of this year and the implementation of the municipal budget of the previous year.

　　The measures for the examination and approval of the reports mentioned in the above paragraph at the meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress shall be stipulated separately by the Municipal People’s Congress.

　　Article 29 When all delegations or the Presidium deliberates a work report, the leading person of the related organ shall attend the meeting to hear opinions, answer inquires and make supplementary explanations on the related work report.

　　Chapter 5　Election, Resignation and Removal

　　Article 30 The Presidium or more than twenty deputies to the Municipal People’s Congress jointly in written may propose candidates for members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, leading persons of the Municipal People’s Government, the President of the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court and the Procurator-General of the Municipal People’s Procuratorate. Deputies elected by different electoral districts and electoral units may jointly discuss and propose candidates.

　　The number of candidates nominated by the Presidium or the number of candidates nominated by deputies jointly shall not exceed the number of candidates to be elected.

　　Article 31 Political parties and mass organizations may jointly or separately, or ten or more than ten deputies to the Municipal People’s Congress may jointly propose candidates to be elected by this city as deputies to the People’s Congress of Guangdong Province.

　　Article 32 When leading persons of the municipal state organs or deputies to the People’s Congress of Guangdong Province shall be elected by the Municipal People’s Congress at expiration of office terms, the time for nomination of candidates shall not be less than two days.

　　Article 33 Nominators of candidates shall provide the Presidium with basic information of the candidates and give necessary explanations to questions raised by deputies. The Secretariat of the meeting shall print and distribute the information of the candidates to deputies. Formal candidates shall be determined by the Presidium in accordance with laws. The Secretariat of the meeting shall arrange contacts of candidates with deputies upon the decision of the Presidium.

　　Article 34 The draft measure on elections at the meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress shall be proposed to the meeting by the Presidium of each meeting, and submitted to the plenary meeting for adoption by the Presidium after deliberations of all delegations.

　　Article 35 Any member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, the Mayor, the Vice-Mayor, the President of the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court or the Procurator-General of the Municipal People’s Procuratorate may tender his resignation to the Municipal People’s Congress. The Presidium shall putt forward

resignation to the delegations for deliberation, and submit it to the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress for decision. If a resignation is tendered when the Municipal People’s Congress is not in session, the meeting of directors of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress shall submit the resignation to the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress for deliberation and decision. If the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress accepts the resignation, it shall refer the resignation to the Municipal People's Congress for record.

　　Article 36 When the Municipal People’s Congress is in session, the Presidium, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, or more than one tenth of all deputies to the Municipal People’s Congress jointly may submit proposal of removing the member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, the Mayor, the Vice-Mayor, the President of the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court or the Procurator-General of the Municipal People’s Procuratorate. The Presidium shall refer the proposal to all delegations for deliberation, and then refer the proposal to the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress for decision. Or the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress may decide to organize an investigation committee to carry out investigation pursuant to the suggestion of the Presidium, and the proposal of removal shall be deliberated at the next meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress according to the report of the investigation committee.

　　The reasons for a proposal of removal shall be stated in written and the relevant information shall be provided. The written reasons and the relevant information shall be printed and distributed by the Secretariat to the meeting upon the decision of the Presidium.

　　Before a proposal of removal is put for vote at the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress, the person proposed to be removed may defend himself at the meeting of the Presidium or the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress, or present a written statement in his defense, which shall be printed and distributed by the Presidium to the meeting.

　　Article 37 After the meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress adopts the election, removal or resignation of the Procurator-General of the Municipal People’s Procuratorate, it shall be reported to the Procurator-General of the People’s Procuratorate of Guangdong Province, who shall refer it to the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Guangdong Province for approval.

　　Chapter 6　Addressing Questions

　　Article 38 When the Municipal People’s Congress is in session, more than ten deputies may jointly submit written proposal for addressing questions to the Municipal People’s Government, any working department of the Municipal People’s Government, the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court or the Municipal People’s Procuratorate, which shall be responsible to give answers at the meeting.

　　Article 39 The questions addressed in proposals shall be the questions:

　　(1) Concerning the implementation of the Constitution, law, administrative regulations, or local regulations or rules;

　　(2) Concerning the implementation of national guiding principles or policies;

　　(3) Concerning the carry-out of resolution or decision of the People’s Congresses or their Standing Committees of higher level or this level;

　　(4) Concerning major decision or work;

　　(5) Concerning major breach of duty or dereliction of duty;or

　　(6) Concerning other matters, to which questions are necessary to be addressed.

　　Article 40 The object, questions and contents shall be clearly stated in a proposal for addressing questions.

　　Article 41 The method of giving answers to the questions addressed in a proposal shall be decided by

Presidium. The head of the organ, to which questions are addressed, may give oral answers at the plenary meeting of the Municipal People’s Congress, the meeting of the Presidium, the meeting of the related special committee or the meeting of a delegation, or give written answers. If the answers are to be given at the meeting of the Presidium or a special committee, the deputies who addressed the questions shall have the right to attend the meeting to express their opinions. If the Presidium deems it necessary, the Presidium may print the proposal for addressing questions and the answers and distribute them to the meeting, and make corresponding decision.

　　If answers are given in written form, the head of the organ, to which questions are addressed, shall sign. The Presidium shall decide the distribution scope of the printed answers.

　　Article 42 If more than half deputies, who raised the proposal for addressing questions, are unsatisfied with the answers of the organ, to which questions are addressed, they may request the organ to give answers again.

　　Article 43 The proposal for addressing questions shall be canceled at the withdrawal request of the deputies who raised the proposal for addressing questions, before the organ, to which qu

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