Law of the People’s Republic of China on Ports (2017).
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This Law provides for strengthening the administration of ports, maintaining the safety and business order of ports, protecting the lawful rights and interests of the parties, and promoting the construction and development of ports. The Law consists of 61 articles divided into 6 Chapters: General provisions (I); Port planning and construction (II); Business operation of ports (III); Port safety and supervision (IV); Legal liabilities (V); Supplementary provisions (VI).
Port planning includes distribution planning of ports and overall planning of a port (arts. 8 to 11). Whoever intends to engage in the business operation of a port shall apply to the administrative department of port for obtaining the permit and shall make industrial and commercial registration in accordance with the law. The port business operators shall take effective measures to prevent and control the pollution and damage to the environment in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations on environmental protection. The work site of dangerous goods and the special place for sanitary disinfection at a port shall conform to the overall planning of the port and the relevant requirements of the State on safe production, fire prevention, inspection and quarantine as well as environmental protection.
Port planning includes distribution planning of ports and overall planning of a port (arts. 8 to 11). Whoever intends to engage in the business operation of a port shall apply to the administrative department of port for obtaining the permit and shall make industrial and commercial registration in accordance with the law. The port business operators shall take effective measures to prevent and control the pollution and damage to the environment in accordance with the provisions of the laws and regulations on environmental protection. The work site of dangerous goods and the special place for sanitary disinfection at a port shall conform to the overall planning of the port and the relevant requirements of the State on safe production, fire prevention, inspection and quarantine as well as environmental protection.
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This Law was adopted at the Third Session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on June 28, 2003, and amended in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Seven Laws Including the Law of the People's Republic of China on Ports adopted at the Third Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress on April 24, 2015; and amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision of the National People's Congress on Amending Eleven Laws including the Accounting Law of the People's Republic of China at the 30th Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on November 4, 2017.
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Original title
中华人民共和国港口法(2017).
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