Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Review

Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Review
Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Review

Order of the President [1999] No. 16

April 29, 1999

Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Review, which was adopted at the 9th session of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress on April 29, 1999, is released hereby and shall take effect as of October 1, 1999.

Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II The Limits of Administrative Review
Chapter III Application for Administrative Review
Chapter IV Acceptance of Application for Administrative Review
Chapter V Decision Made After Administrative Review
Chapter VI Legal Responsibility
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of preventing and setting right illegal or inappropriate specific administrative acts, protecting the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and ensuring and supervising the performance of functions and powers by administrative organs' according to law.

Article 2 This Law shall be applicable to cases where citizens, legal persons or other organizations apply to administrative organs for administrative review when they consider that certain specific administrative acts infringe upon their lawful rights or interests, and where administrative organs accept the applications and make decisions after administrative review.

Article 3 The administrative organs that perform the function of administrative review in accordance with this Law are administrative review organs.
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