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Terms or Provisions Interpreted Summary Date Adopted Notes
Criminal Procedure Law art. 79, para. 3
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clarifying that criminal suspects or defendants who breach the terms of bail or residential surveillance, thereby “severely disrupting the litigation process,” may be placed in pre-trial detention, even if they might receive sentences lighter than imprisonment 2014/4/24 renumbered art. 81, para. 4 by the 2018 amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law
Criminal Procedure Law art. 254, para. 5; art. 257, para. 2
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providing that (1) where convicts apply to temporarily serve their sentences outside of prison before they are transferred to prison, the courts are responsible for organizing the relevant exams or evaluations; and that (2) where convicts who temporarily serve their sentences outside of prison pursuant to a court decision must be taken into custody, the police are responsible for delivering them 2014/4/24 renumbered, respectively, art. 265, para. 5 and art. 268, para. 2 by the 2018 amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law
Criminal Procedure Law art. 271, para. 2
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clarifying that a victim’s right to initiate a private prosecution does not apply where the procuratorate has made a conditional non-prosecution decision or a decision to not prosecute with respect to a juvenile suspect 2014/4/24 renumbered art. 282, para. 2 by the 2018 amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law
General Principles of the Civil Law art. 99, para. 1; Marriage Law art. 22 laying down general rules for natural persons’ exercise of their right to name [姓名权] and listing the circumstances in which a person may adopt a surname other than their father’s or mother’s 2014/11/1 repealed by the Civil Code, effective January 1, 2021, and codified as its art. 1015