Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers

Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 64

October 26, 2012

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers has been adopted at the 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on October 26, 2012, which is hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on January 1, 2013.

President of the People's Republic of China: Hu Jintao

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers

(Adopted at the 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress on October 26, 2012)

The 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress has decided to make the following revisions to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Lawyers:

I.Paragraph 3 of Article 28 shall be revised to read: "accepting authorization by a suspect involved in a criminal case or defendant or appointment legally by a legal aid institution to act as defender, or accepting authorization by a private prosecutor in a case of private prosecution or by a victim involved in a case of public prosecution or by his close relatives to act as agent ad litem and participate in the proceedings".

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