Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No.59

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Amending the Organic Law of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of China, adopted at the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of the China on October 31, 2006, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of January 1, 2007.

Hu Jintao

President of the People’s Republic of China

October 31, 2006

Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Amending the Organic Law of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of China

(Adopted at the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on October 31, 2006)

At its 24th Meeting, the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress decided to make the following amendments to the Organic Law of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of China:

Article 13 is revised to read: “Death sentences shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval, except for the ones imposed in accordance with law by the Supreme People’s Court.”

This decision shall go into effect as of January 1, 2007.

The Organic law of the People’s Courts of the People’s Republic of China shall be promulgated anew after the amendments are made according to this Decision and the order of the articles is rearranged accordingly.

The English translation is for reference only and if there is any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.