(Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress on July 1, 1979, promulgated by Order No.6 of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on July 7, 1979 and effective as of January 1, 1980; amended in according with the Decision on Revising the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China adopted at the Forth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress on March 17, 1996)
Contents
Chapter I Aim and Basic Principles
Chapter IV Defence and Representation
Chapter VI Compulsory Measures
Chapter VII Incidental Civil Actions
Chapter VIII Time Periods and Service
Part Two Filing a Case, Investigation, and Initiation of Public Prosecution
Chapter III Initiation of Public Prosecution
Chapter II Procedure of First Instance
Chapter III Procedure of Second Instance
Chapter IV Procedure for Review of Death Sentences