Supreme People's Court, Implementing Measures for the Pilot Project for the Trial by People's Courts of Public Interest Litigation Cases Instituted by People's Procuratorates

最高人民法院人民法院审理人民检察院提起公益诉讼案件试点工作实施办法

March 10, 2016 | BY

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People's procuratorates may institute public interest cases.

Issued: February 25 2016

Effective: March 1 2016

Applicability: For public interest litigation cases instituted by people's procuratorates and tried by the people's court on which these Measures are silent, the PRC Civil Procedure Law or the PRC Administrative Procedure Law and relevant judicial interpretations shall apply (Article 23).

The Measures apply to Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Gansu (Article