China s legislature updates laws
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November 18th, 2009
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BEIJING, Aug. 27 — China s top legislature Thursday agreed a legislation overhaul with the updating and revision of 141 provisions in 59 different laws.
Most amendments focused on deleting outdated condition or clarifying them, as well as making definite provisions compatible with revised laws.
Article 7 of the General Principle of the Civil Law of the People s Republic of China, which reads, “Civil activities shall have regard for social ethics and shall not harm the public interest, undermine narrate economic plans or disrupt social economic order,” has had the expression “undermine narrate economic plans” deleted.
The Standing Committee of the National People s Congress agreed that “state economic plans” was redundant with China s transition from a premeditated to a market-oriented economy over the past three decades.
In laws regarding fisheries, railways, urban real property and electric power, the expression “requisition” has been changed into “levy”.
In China, “requisition” refers to the shift of the correct of use, whereas “levy” refers to the shift of ownership from individuals or groups to the state.
In many laws regarding halite resources, wild enthusiasm protection, frontier hygiene and quarantine, teachers, and polite aviation, references to peculiar articles of the Criminal Law have been altered to “according to relevant provisions of the Criminal Law”.
The 10th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC was held in Beijing from Monday to Thursday. At the ninth session held in June, eight laws and regulations were annulled.
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