Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Issues Concerning the Administration of Judicial Authentication

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Issues Concerning the Administration of Judicial Authentication


Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Issues Concerning the Administration of Judicial Authentication

February 28, 2005

(Passed by the fourteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress on February 28, 2005)

The following decision is issued in order to strengthen administration on the authentication witnesses and the authentication institutions, meet the requirements of litigations by judicial authorities, citizens and organizations and ensure the smoothness of litigations:

I. Judicial authentication shall refer to activities in litigations that the authentication witnesses identify, judge and give appraisal opinions on special issues involved in the litigations by using science and technique or professional knowledge.

II. State shall implement the registration administration system on the authentication witnesses and authentication institutions engaging in the following businesses of judicial authentication:
1. The medico-legal authentication;
2. The authentication of physical evidences;
3. The authentication of audio and visual materials;
4. Other appraisement that are decided to be subject to the registration administration on authentication witnesses and authentication institutions by administrative authorities for justice of the State Council after consulting the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate in light of the need of litigation.
Where laws provide otherwise on the administration on authentication witnesses and authentication institutions appraising the matters prescribed in the preceding paragraph, such provisions shall prevail.

III. Administrative authorities for justice of the State Council are responsible for administration on the registration of authentication witnesses and authentication institutions. Administrative authorities for justice of the people's governments at the provincial level shall, in accordance with this Decision, take charge of the registration, list compilation and announcement of authentication witnesses and authentication institutions.

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