湖南省乡镇人民代表大会主席团和乡镇人民代表大会主席副主席工作若干规定
湖南省人大常委会
湖南省乡镇人民代表大会主席团和乡镇人民代表大会主席副主席工作若干规定
湖南省人大常委会
（1995年4月27日湖南省第八届人民代表大会常务委员会第十五次会议通过）
第一条 为加强乡、民族乡、镇（简称乡镇）人民代表大会主席团和乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席的工作，发挥乡镇人民代表大会的作用，根据《中华人民共和国地方各级人民代表大会和地方各级人民政府组织法》的有关规定，结合《湖南省乡镇人民代表大会主席团工作若干规定》
的实施情况，制定本规定。
第二条 乡镇人民代表大会举行会议的时候，选举主席团。主席团由五人至九人组成。
第三条 乡镇人民代表大会设主席，并可以设副主席一人至二人。主席、副主席由本级人民代表大会从代表中选出，任期同本级人民代表大会每届任期相同。
乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席为主席团成员。乡镇人民代表大会主席召集和主持主席团会议；副主席受主席委托或者在主席出缺的时候，可以召集和主持主席团会议。
乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席不得担任国家行政机关的职务；如果担任国家行政机关的职务，必须向本级人民代表大会辞去主席、副主席的职务。
第四条 乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席向本级人民代表大会负责并报告工作，受本级人民代表大会监督。
第五条 乡镇人民代表大会主席团主持本级人民代表大会会议；负责召集下一次人民代表大会会议和换届后的第一次人民代表大会会议；根据五分之一以上代表提议，决定临时召开本级人民代表大会会议。
第六条 乡镇人民代表大会主席团在本级人民代表大会闭会期间履行下列职责：
（一）负责本级人民代表大会会议的准备工作。确定会议召开日期，决定列席会议人员名单；拟定会议议程草案和代表议案及建议、批评、意见处理办法草案等，提请预备会议通过；会议有选举议程的，负责拟定会议选举办法草案，提请大会通过。
（二）负责将本级人民代表大会代表提出的建议、批评、意见交有关机关和组织研究处理并负责答复。
（三）组织本级人民代表大会代表和邀请在本行政区域内居住或者工作的上级人民代表大会代表，评议乡镇人民政府或者上一级国家机关驻本行政区域的办事机构的工作。
（四）负责报请县级人民代表大会常务委员会批准本级人民代表大会换届设立的选举委员会。
（五）办理依法应由主席团办理的其他事项。
第七条 乡镇人民代表大会主席团在本级人民代表大会闭会期间可以召开会议，按照规定的职责，讨论有关事项，并可以邀请乡镇人民政府和有关部门、单位负责人列席会议。
第八条 乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席履行下列职责：
（一）宣传贯彻宪法、法律、法规及本级人民代表大会和上级人民代表大会及其常务委员会的决议、决定。
（二）联系本级人民代表大会代表，了解代表工作情况，组织代表或者代表小组开展视察、调查活动，总结交流代表工作经验。
（三）督促办理本级人民代表大会代表提出的建议、批评和意见，并向本级人民代表大会下一次会议报告办理结果。
（四）反映代表和选民对本级人民政府工作的意见和要求。
（五）承办本级人民代表大会代表的来信来访，受理人民群众对本级人民政府及其工作人员的申诉和意见。
（六）办理人民代表大会换届选举的有关具体工作，指导、协助选区依法办理补选、增选、罢免代表的有关事项。
（七）受上一级人民代表大会常务委员会的委托，联系居住或者工作在本行政区域的上一级人民代表大会代表。
（八）向本级人民代表大会下一次会议报告代表被逮捕、受刑事审判，或者被采取法律规定的其他限制人身自由的措施的情况。
（九）办理上一级人民代表大会常务委员会和本级人民代表大会及其主席团交办的其他事项。
第九条 乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席可以列席本级人民政府的有关会议，对本级人民政府的工作提出建议、批评和意见。
第十条 乡镇人民代表大会主席团和乡镇人民代表大会主席、副主席应当支持本行政区域内的村民委员会、居民委员会依法开展工作，维护公民的合法权益。
第十一条 乡镇人民代表大会及其主席团和代表活动的经费，应当列入本级财政预算。
第十二条 本规定自公布之日起施行。
1988年12月26日湖南省第七届人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议通过的《湖南省乡镇人民代表大会主席团工作若干规定》同时废止。
1995年4月27日
LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CONTROL OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF ALIENS ——附加英文版
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CONTROL OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF ALIENS
(Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Sixth National People's Congress, promulgated by Order No. 31 of the
President of the People's Republic of China on November 22, 1985, and
effective as of February 1, 1986)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Entry into the Country
Chapter III Residence
Chapter IV Travel
Chapter V Exit from the Country
Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Chapter VII Penalties
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
This Law is formulated with a view to safeguarding the sovereignty of the
People's Republic of China, maintaining its security and public order and
facilitating international exchange.
This Law is applicable to aliens entering, leaving and transiting the
territory of the People's Republic of China and to those residing and
travelling in China.
Article 2
Aliens must obtain the permission of the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government in order to enter, transit or reside in China.
Article 3
For entry, exit and transit, aliens must pass through ports open to aliens
or other designated ports and must be subject to inspection by the
frontier inspection offices. For entry, exit and transit, foreign-owned
means of transport must pass through ports open to aliens or other
designated ports and must be subject to inspection and supervision by the
frontier inspection offices.
Article 4
The Chinese Government shall protect the lawful rights and interests of
aliens on Chinese territory.
Freedom of the person of aliens is inviolable. No alien may be arrested
except with the approval or by decision of a people's procuratorate or by
decision of a people's court, and arrest must be made by a public security
organ or state security organ.
Article 5
Aliens in China must abide by Chinese laws and may not endanger the state
security of China, harm public interests or disrupt public order.
Chapter II Entry into the Country
Article 6
For entry into China, aliens shall apply for visas from Chinese diplomatic
missions, consular offices or other resident agencies abroad authorized by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In specific situations aliens may, in
compliance with the provisions of the State Council, apply for visas to
visa-granting offices at ports designated by the competent authorities of
the Chinese Government.
The entry of nationals from countries having visa agreements with the
Chinese Government shall be handled in accordance with those agreements.
In cases where another country has special provisions for Chinese citizens
entering and transiting that country, the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government may adopt reciprocal measures contingent on the
circumstances.
Visas are not required for aliens in immediate transit on connected
international flights who hold passenger tickets and stay for no more than
24 hours in China entirely within airport boundaries. Anyone desiring to
leave the airport temporarily must obtain permission from the frontier
inspection office.
Article 7
When applying for various kinds of visas, aliens shall present valid
passports and, if necessary, provide pertinent evidence.
Article 8
Aliens who have been invited or hired to work in China shall, when
applying for visas, produce evidence of the invitation or employment.
Article 9
Aliens desiring to reside permanently in China shall, when applying for
visas, present status-of-residence identification forms. Applicants may
obtain such forms from public security organs at the place where they
intend to reside.
Article 10
The competent authorities of the Chinese Government shall issue
appropriate visas to aliens according to the purposes stated in their
entry applications.
Article 11
When an aircraft or a vessel navigating international routes arrives at a
Chinese port, the captain or his agent must submit a passenger name list
to the frontier inspection office; a foreign aircraft or vessel must also
provide a name list of its crew members.
Article 12
Aliens who are considered a possible threat to China's state security and
public order shall not be permitted to enter China.
Chapter III Residence
Article 13
For residence in China, aliens must possess identification papers or
residence certificates issued by the competent authorizes of the Chinese
Government. The term of validity of identification papers or residence
certificates shall be determined according to the purposes of entry.
Aliens residing in China shall submit their certificates to the local
public security organs for examination within the prescribed period of
time.
Article 14
Aliens who, in compliance with Chinese laws, find it necessary to
establish prolonged residence in China for the purpose of investing in
China or engaging in cooperative projects with Chinese enterprises or
institutions in the economic, scientific, technological and cultural
fields, or for other purposes, are eligible for prolonged or permanent
residence in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government.
Article 15
Aliens who seek asylum for political reasons shall be permitted to reside
in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the Chinese
Government.
Article 16
Aliens who fail to abide by Chinese laws may have their period of stay in
China curtailed or their status of residence in China annulled by the
competent authorities of the Chinese Government.
Article 17
For a temporary overnight stay in China, aliens shall complete
registration procedures pursuant to the relevant provisions.
Article 18
Aliens holding residence certificates who wish to change their place of
residence in China must complete removal formalities pursuant to the
relevant provisions.
Article 19
Aliens who have not acquired residence certificates or who are on a study
programme in China may not seek employment in China without permission of
the competent authorities of the Chinese Government.
Chapter IV Travel
Article 20
Aliens who hold valid visas or residence certificates may travel to places
open to aliens as designated by the Chinese Government.
Article 21
Aliens desiring to travel to places closed to aliens must apply to local
public security organs for travel permits.
Chapter V Exit from the Country
Article 22
For exit from China, aliens shall present their valid passports or other
valid certificates.
Article 23
Aliens belonging to any of the following categories shall not be allowed
to leave China:
(1) defendants in criminal cases or criminal suspects confirmed by a
public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court;
(2) persons who, as notified by a people's court, shall be denied exit
owing to involvement in unresolved civil cases; and
(3) persons who have committed other acts in violation of Chinese law who
have not been dealt with and against whom the competent authorities
consider it necessary to institute prosecution.
Article 24
Frontier inspection offices shall have the power to stop aliens belonging
to any of the following categories from leaving the country and to deal
with them according to law:
(1) holders of invalid exit certificates;
(2) holders of exit certificates other than their own; and
(3) holders of forged or altered exit certificates.
Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Article 25
China's diplomatic missions, consular offices and other resident agencies
abroad authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be the Chinese
Government's agencies abroad to handle aliens' applications for entry and
transit.
The Ministry of Public Security, its authorized local public security
organs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its authorized local foreign
affairs departments shall be the Chinese Government's agencies in China to
handle aliens' applications for entry, transit, residence and travel.
Article 26
The authorities handling aliens' applications for entry, transit,
residence and travel shall have the power to refuse to issue visas and
certificates or to cancel visas and certificates already issued or declare
them invalid.
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may,
when necessary, alter decisions made by their respectively authorized
agencies.
Article 27
An alien who enters or resides in China illegally may be detained for
examination or be subjected to residential surveillance or deportation by
a public security organ at or above the county level.
Article 28
While performing their duties, foreign affairs police of the public
security organs at or above the county level shall have the power to
examine the passports and other certificates of aliens. When conducting
such examinations, the foreign affairs police shall produce their own
service certificates, and relevant organizations or individuals shall have
the duty to offer them assistance.
Chapter VII Penalties
Article 29
If a person, in violation of the provisions of this Law, enters or leaves
China illegally, establishes illegal residence or makes an illegal
stopover in China, travels to places closed to aliens without a valid
travel document, forges or alters an entry or exit certificate, uses
another person's certificate as his own or transfers his certificate, he
may be penalized by a public security organ at or above the county level
with a warning, a fine or detention for not more than ten days. If the
circumstances of the case are serious enough to constitute a crime,
criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.
If an alien subject to a fine or detention by a public security organ
refuses to accept the penalty, he may, within 15 days of receiving
notification, appeal to the public security organ at the next higher
level, which shall make the final decision; he may also directly file suit
in the local people's court.
Article 30
In cases where a person commits any of the acts stated in Article 29 of
this Law, if the circumstances are serious, the Ministry of Public
Security may impose a penalty by ordering him to leave the country within
a certain time or may expel him from the country.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 31
For the purposes of this Law the term "alien" means any person not holding
Chinese nationality according to the Nationality Law of the People's
Republic of China.
Article 32
Transistory entry into and exit from China by aliens who are nationals of
a country adjacent to China and who reside in areas bordering on China
shall be handled according to any relevant agreements between the two
countries or, in the absence of such agreements, according to the relevant
provisions of the Chinese Government.
Article 33
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall,
pursuant to this Law, formulate rules for its implementation, which shall
go into effect after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
Article 34
Affairs concerning members of foreign diplomatic missions and consular
offices in the People's Republic of China and other aliens who enjoy
diplomatic privileges and immunities, after their entry into China, shall
be administered in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State
Council and its competent departments.
Article 35
This Law shall go into effect on February 1, 1986.
Important Notice:
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
