CHAPTER VII INCIDENTAL CIVIL ACTIONS
Article 77 If a victim has suffered material losses as a result of the
defendant's criminal act, he shall have the right to file an incidental
civil action during the course of the criminal proceeding.
If losses have been caused to State property or collective property, the
People's Procuratorate may file an incidental civil action while
initiating a public prosecution.
When necessary, the People's Court may seal up or distrain upon the
property of the defendant.
Article 78 An incidental civil action shall be heard together with the
criminal case. Only for the purpose of preventing excessive delay in a
trial of the criminal case may the same judicial organization, after
completing the trial of the criminal case, continue to hear the
incidental civil action.
CHAPTER VIII TIME PERIODS AND SERVICE
Article 79 Time periods shall be calculated by the hour, the day and the
month.
The hour and day from which a time period begins shall not be counted
as within the time period.
A legally prescribed time period shall not include travelling time.
Appeals or other documents that have been mailed before the expiration
of the time period shall not be regarded as overdue.
Article 80 When a party cannot meet a deadline due to irresistible
causes or for other legitimate reasons, he may, within five days after
the obstacle is removed, apply to continue the proceedings that should
have been completed before the expiration of the time period.
A People's Court shall decide whether or not to approve the application
described in the preceding paragraph.
Article 81 Summons, notices and other court documents shall be delivered
to the addressee himself; if the addressee is absent, the documents may
be received on his behalf by an adult member of his family or a
responsible person of his unit.
If the addressee or a recipient on his behalf refuses to accept the
documents or refuses to sign and affix his seal to the receipt, the
person serving the documents may ask the addressee's neighbours or other
witnesses to the scene, explain the situation to them, leave the
documents at the addressee's residence, record on the service
certificate the particulars of the refusal and the date of service and
sign his name to it; the service shall thus be deemed to have been
completed.
CHAPTER IX OTHER PROVISIONS
Article 82 For the purpose of this law, the definitions of the following
terms are:
(1) "Investigation" means the specialized investigatory work and related
compulsory measures carried out according to law by the public security
organs and People's Procuratorates in the process of handling cases.
(2) "Parties" means victims, private p[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 下一页
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