قاعدة بيانات التشريعات

Chapter I
General Provisions

Article 1
This Law is enacted for the purpose of ensuring normal extradition, strengthening international cooperation in punishing crimes, protecting the lawful rights and interests of individuals and organizations, safeguarding national interests and maintaining public order.

Article 2
This Law is applicable to extradition conducted between the People's Republic of China and foreign states.

Article 3
The People's Republic of China cooperates with foreign states in extradition on the basis of equality and reciprocity.

No cooperation in extradition may impair the sovereignty, security or public interests of the People's Republic of China.

Article 4
The People's Republic of China and foreign states shall communicate with each other through diplomatic channels for extradition. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China is designated as the communicating authority for extradition.

Where in an extradition treaty there are special provisions to govern the communicating authority, the provisions there shall prevail.

Article 5
In handling cases of extradition, compulsory measures including detention, arrest and residential surveillance may, depending on the circumstances, be taken against the person sought.

Article 6
The terms used in this Law are defined as follows:

(1) "the person sought" refers to the person for whom a request for grant of extradition is made by a requesting state;

(2) "the person extradited" refers to the person extradited from the requested state to the requesting state;

(3) "extradition treaty" refers to a treaty on extradition, which is concluded between the People's Republic of China and a foreign state or to which both the People's Republic of China and a foreign state are parties, or any other treaty which contains provisions in respect of extradition.