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Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of maintaining public order, ensuring public safety, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and standardizing and ensuring that public security organs and their people's police perform their duties of public security administration according to law.
Article 2 Anyone who disturbs public order, endangers public safety, infringes on personal rights and property rights, and hinders social management, which is harmful to society and constitutes a crime in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law; If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment, the public security organ shall impose administrative penalties for public security in accordance with this law.
Article 3 The provisions of this Law shall apply to the procedure of administrative punishment for public security; Where there are no provisions in this law, the relevant provisions of the Administrative Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China shall apply.
Article 4. This Law shall apply to acts violating the administration of public security within the territory of People's Republic of China (PRC), except as otherwise provided by law.
This Law shall apply to acts that violate the administration of public security on ships and aircraft in People's Republic of China (PRC), except as otherwise provided by law.
Fifth public security management punishment must be based on facts, and the nature, circumstances and social harm of violations of public security management are equivalent.
The implementation of public security management punishment should be open and fair, respect and protect human rights, and protect the personal dignity of citizens.
Handling public security cases should adhere to the principle of combining education with punishment.
Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen the comprehensive management of social security, take effective measures to resolve social contradictions, enhance social harmony and maintain social stability.
Article 7 The public security department of the State Council is in charge of public security management throughout the country. The public security organs of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the administration of public security within their respective administrative areas.
The jurisdiction of public security cases shall be stipulated by the public security department of the State Council.
Eighth violations of public security management caused damage to others, the actor or his guardian shall bear civil liability according to law.
Ninth public security organs can mediate and deal with minor violations of public security management caused by civil disputes, such as fighting and damaging other people's property. If the parties reach an agreement through mediation by the public security organ, they will not be punished. If the mediation fails to reach an agreement or fails to perform after reaching an agreement, the public security organ shall punish the violator of public security administration in accordance with the provisions of this law, and inform the parties that they can bring a civil lawsuit to the people's court according to law.