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DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

    Acting on a proposal put forward by the Supreme People's Procuratorate
and the Supreme People's Court regarding the implementation of the
Criminal Procedure Law, the Standing Committee of the Fifth National
People's Congress decides that:

    1. Criminal cases filed before December 31, 1979 but not yet decided
shall continue to be handled according to the policies, laws and regulations
and case-handling procedures relevant to criminal proceedings which were
valid before the Criminal Procedure Law went into effect.

    2. Criminal cases accepted after January 1, 1980 shall be handled
according to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law. If too many
cases handled by a limited number of personnel prevent some cases from
being concluded within the time limits for investigation, prosecution and
adjudication of first and second instances as prescribed in the Criminal
Procedure Law, the time limits for case-handling during the year 1980 may
be extended upon approval by the standing committees of the pcople's
congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly
under the Central Government.