1992.04.01
STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE ENTRY AND EXIT ANIMAL AND
PLANT QUARANTINE
(Adopted at the 22nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh
National People's Congress on October 30, 1991, promulgated by Order No.
53 of the President of the People's Republic of China on October 30,
1991 and effective as of April 1, 1992)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II ENTRY QUARANTINE
CHAPTER III EXIT QUARANTINE
CHAPTER IV TRANSIT QUARANTINE
CHAPTER V QUARANTINE OF MATERIALS CARRIED BY PASSENGERS OR BY POST
CHAPTER VI QUARANTINE OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT
CHAPTER VII LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of preventing
infectious or parasitic diseases of animals, diseases, insect pests and
weeds dangerous to plants, and other harmful organisms (hereinafter
referred to, for short, as diseases, insect pests and harmful organisms)
from spreading into or out of the country, protecting the production
of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery as well as human
health, and promoting the development of foreign economic relations and
trade.
Article 2 Animals and plants, their products and other quarantine
objects, containers and packaging materials used for carrying animals
and plants, their products or other quarantine objects, as well as means
of transport from animal or plant epidemic areas shall, on entry or
exit, be subject to quarantine inspection in accordance with this Law.
Article 3 An animal and plant quarantine department shall be
instituted under the State Council (hereinafter referred to, for short,
as the State animal and plant quarantine department), which shall
conduct a unified administration of the entry and exit animal and plant
quarantine in the whole country. Port animal and plant quarantine
offices set up by the State animal and plant quarantine department
at ports open to the outside world and at places busy with entry
and exit animal and plant quarantine shall, in accordance with this
Law, carry out entry and exit animal and plant quarantine.
The department in charge of the quarantine of animal products leaving
the country for trade purposes shall be designated by the State Council
as it deems appropriate.
The department of agriculture administration under the State Council
shall be in charge of the entry and exit animal and plant quarantine in
the whole country.
Article 4 A port animal and plant quarantine office may exercise the
following functions and powers when performing quarantine inspection:
(1) Embarking on a ship, a vehicl[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 下一页
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