According to an agenda discussed by Chairman Li Peng and vice-chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Monday, a draft of the Third Amendment to the Criminal Law will be submitted for deliberation at the week-long session, which starts Monday in Beijing.

The amendment was formulated "to deal more harshly with criminal acts of terrorists, for the protection of national security, social order and safeguard of safety of people's lives and property," the senior lawmakers were told.

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Five other new draft law, on the promotion of small and medium-sized businesses, road safety, production safety, revisions to the water resources law, amendments to the lawyers' law, will also be discussed during the session.

Two drafts on government procurement and relics protection, which were previously heard by the legislature, will be re-examined.

Pending ratification in the upcoming session is a treaty with Argentina on civil and commercial legal assistance and a treaty with the Republic of Korea on extradition.

The State Council, China's Cabinet, will submit the two reports with the lawmakers to review, one on public security situations and the other on the crackdown on the production and sales of fake and shoddy goods, which are both of intense public concern in China.

CRIMINAL LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

(Adopted by the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on July 1, 1979 and amended by the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 14, 1997 and December 25, 1999 respectively.)

Table of Contents

Part I General Provisions

Chapter I Tasks, Basic Principles, and Scope of Application of the Criminal Law

Chapter II Crimes

Section 1. Crime and Criminal Responsibility

Section 2. Preparation for a Crime, Criminal Attempt, and Discontinuation of a Crime

Section 3. Joint Crimes

Section 4. Unit Crimes

Chapter III Punishments

Section 1. Types of Punishments

Section 2. Control

Section 3. Criminal Detention

Section 4. Fixed-Term Imprisonment and Life Imprisonment

Section 5. The Death Penalty

Section 6. Fines

Section 7. Deprivation of Political Rights

Section 8. Confiscation of Property

Chapter IV The Concrete Application Of Punishments

Section 1. Sentencing

Section 2. Recidivists

Section 3. Voluntary Surrender and Meritorious Service

Section 4. Combined Punishment for More Than One Crime

Section 5. Suspension of Sentence

Section 6. Reduction of Sentence

Section 7. Parole

Section 8. Limitation

Chapter V Other Provisions

PART II Special Provisions

Chapter I Crimes of Endangering National Security

Chapter II Crimes of Endangering Public Security

Chapter III Crimes of Undermining the Order of Socialist Market Economy

Section 1. Crimes of Manufacturing and Selling Fake and Shoddy Goods

Section 2. Crimes of Smuggling

Section 3. Crimes of Disrupting the Order of Company and Enterprise Administration

Section 4. Crimes of Undermining the Order of Financial Management

Section 5. Crimes of Financial Fraud

Section 6. Crimes of Endangering Collection and Management of Taxes

Section 7. Crimes of Infringing Upon Intellectual Property Rights

Section 8. Crimes of Disrupting Market Order

Chapter IV Crimes of Infringing Upon the Rights of the Person and the Democratic Rights of Citizens

Chapter V The Crime of Encroaching on Property

Chapter VI Crimes of Disrupting the Order of Social Administration

Section 1. Crimes of Disrupting Public Order

Section 2. Crimes of Disrupting Justice

Section 3. Crimes of Disrupting Administration of the Territory (Border)

Section 4. Crimes of Disrupting Administration of Cultural Relics

Section 5. Crimes of Endangering Public Health

Section 6. Crimes of Undermining Protection of Environmental Resources

Section 7. Crimes of Smuggling, Trafficking, Transporting, and Manufacturing Drugs.

Section 8. Crimes of Organizing, Forcing, Inducing, Housing, and Introducing Prostitutes

Section 9. Crimes of Manufacturing, Selling, and Spreading Obscene Publications

Chapter VII Crimes of Endangering the Interests of National Defense

Chapter VIII Graft and Bribery

Chapter IX Crimes of Dereliction of Duty

Chapter X Crimes of Violation of Duty by Military Personnel Supplementary Articles

Appendix I

Appendix II

(Xinhua News Agency December 18, 2001)