These Provisions are enacted according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administrative Penalty, the Administrative Compulsion Law of the People's Republic of China, aiming at regulating the procedures for administrative punishments for market supervision and administration, guaranteeing the imposition of administrative punishments by the market regulatory departments according to the law, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of natural persons, legal persons and other organizations, and other laws and administrative regulations. The Provisions consist of 79 Articles divided into 7 Chapters: General Provisions; Jurisdiction; General Procedures for Administrative Punishments; Simple Procedures of Administrative Punishments; Execution and Closure of Cases; Period and Delivery; Supplementary Provisions. Administrative punishments shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the market regulatory departments at or above the county level in the places where violations occur, unless as otherwise prescribed by laws and administrative regulations. The violations of e-commerce platform operators and e-commerce operators that sell goods or provide services through self-built websites and other network services shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the market regulatory departments at or above the county level in the places where they are located. The evidence sourced outside the territory of the People's Republic of China shall specify the source, be proved by a notary's office in the country of source, be authenticated by the consulate or embassy of the People's Republic of China stationed in the country, or undergo the proving formalities prescribed in the relevant treaty concluded between the People's Republic of China and the country where the evidence is sourced.
Chine · 2018-12-21