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	ORGANIC LAW OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES

	(Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National people's Congress on July 1, 1979; Amended for the first time in accordance with the Resolution on Revising Certain Provisions of the Organic Law of the Local people's Congresses and Local people's Governments of the people's Republic of China, adopted at the Fifth Session of the Fifth National people's Congress on December 10, 1982; amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Revising the Organic Law of the Local people's Congresses and Local people's Governments of the people's Republic of China, adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Sixth National people's Congress on December 2, 1986; amended for the Third time in accordance with the Decision on Revising the Organic Law of the Local people's Congresses and Local people's Governments of the people's Republic of China, adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Eighth National People's Congress on February 28, 1995)


SUBJECT : ORGANIC LAW
ISSUING DEPARTMENT : STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE
ISSUE DATE : 05/28/1995
IMPLEMENT DATE : 05/28/1995
LENGTH : 3157 words
TEXT :

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II LOCAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES AT VARIOUS LEVELS
CHAPTER III THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF LOCAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES AT AND
ABOVE THE COUNTY LEVEL
CHAPTER IV LOCAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENTS AT VARIOUS LEVELS
CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 people's congresses and people's governments shall be established in provinces, autonomous regions, unicipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties, cities, municipal districts, townships, nationality townships, and towns.

Article 2 Standing committees shall be established by local people's congresses at and above the county level.

Article 3 The organs of self-government of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties shall, in addition to exercising the functions and powers specified in this Law, exercise the power of autonomy within the limits of their authority as prescribed by the Constitution, the Law on Regional National Autonomy and other laws.

CHAPTER II LOCAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES AT VARIOUS LEVELS

Article 4 Local people's congresses at various levels shall be local organs of state power. autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous prefectures and cities divided into districts shall be elected by the people's congresses at the next lower level; deputies to the people's congresses of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts, municipal districts, townships,nationality townships, and towns shall be elected directly by their constituencies.

The number of deputies to the local people's congresses at various levels and the manner of their election shall be prescribed by the electoral law. There shall be an appropriate number of deputies elected from the minority nationalities in each administrative area.