Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On Exit And Entry Frontier Inspection (from government website)

Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On Exit And Entry Frontier Inspection

Order of the State Council [1995] No.182

July 20, 1995

Adopted at the 34th Executive Meeting of the State Council on July 6, 1995, promulgated by Decree No. 182 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on July 20, 1995, and effective as of September 1, 1995

Premier, Li Peng

Appendix: Regulations Of The People's Republic Of China On Exit And Entry Frontier Inspection

Chapter I General Provisions
　
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated with a view to safeguarding the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, maintaining its security and social order and facilitating the exit and entry of persons and means of transport.
　
Article 2 The Ministry of Public Security shall be responsible for the administration of the exit and entry frontier inspection.
　
Article 3 The People's Republic of China shall set up exit and entry frontier inspection stations (hereinafter referred to as frontier inspection stations) at open ports, airports, stations and border thoroughfares.
　
Article 4 In order to safeguard the sovereignty of the state and maintain its security and social order, frontier inspection stations shall exercise the following functions:
1. carrying out frontier inspection on persons leaving or entering the country and their luggage and other personal belongings, and on means of transport leaving or entering the country and their freight.
2. exercising supervision on means of transportation leaving or entering the country in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state;
3. guarding restricted areas in ports and maintaining the order of exit and entry; and
4. performing other functions assigned by the competent authorities or stipulated by other laws and administrative regulations.
　
Article 5 For exit from or entry into China, persons and means of transport shall pass through the open ports or other ports specially designated by the competent authorities and shall subject themselves to frontier inspection, supervision and control.
Persons leaving or entering the country shall abide by the laws and administrative regulations of the People's Republic of China.
　
Article 6 Frontier inspection personnel must execute their duties according to law.
No organization or individual may obstruct the frontier inspector from lawfully executing his duties.

Chapter II Inspection and Control of Persons
　
Article 7 For exit from or entry into China, persons shall fill in exit or entry registration cards in accordance with the relevant regulations and present to the frontier inspection stations for examination of their valid passports or other exit or entry certificates (hereinafter referred to as exit-entry certificates); they may leave or enter the country after the frontier inspection stations have examined and approved their certificates.
　
Article 8 The frontier inspection stations have the power to forbid persons belonging to any of following categories to leave or enter the country:
1. failing to hold exit-entry certificates;
2. holding and using invalid exit-entry certificates;
3. holding and using exit-entry certificates other than their own;
4. holding and using forged or altered exit-entry certificates;
5. refusing to accept frontier inspection;
6. failing to pass through the ports as designated;
7. being forbidden to leave or enter the country under the notice the public security department or the state security department of the State Council; or
8. being forbidden to leave or enter the country in accordance with laws and administrative regulations.
The frontier inspection station may detain or forfeit the exit-entry certificates of the persons defined in item 3. or 4.above or of the Chinese citizens defined in the item 7. or 8. above.
　
Article 9 These Regulations shall apply to frontier inspection and control on the accompanying working personnel onboard the means of transport leaving or entering the country. Where there is an agreement between the People's Republic of China and another country or region, the frontier inspection and control shall be conducted according to the agreement.
　
Article 10 Crew members of alien nationality or from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and their accompanying family members who, upon the arrival of their vessels at ports of the People's Republic of China, wish to land or lodge at port towns shall apply through their captains or captains' agents to the frontier inspection station for going through the landing or lodging formalities.
Crew members and their accompanying family members who have landed or lodged with permission shall return to their vessels with the specified time.
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