Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Law in Handling Criminal Environmental Pollution Cases

最高人民法院、最高人民检察院关于办理环境污染刑事案件适用法律若干问题的解释

July 16, 2013 | BY

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Environmental pollution causing at least 30 persons to be poisoned is regarded as causing serious harm to human health.

Clp Reference: 1600/13.06.17 Promulgated: 2013-06-17 Effective: 2013-06-19

Promulgated: June 17 2013

Effective: June 19 2013

Main contents: The Interpretation gives examples to explain what is regarded as “causing significant losses to public or private property or serious harm to human health” or “causing serious consequences of significant losses to public or private property or human injuries or deaths”, such as:

(1) causing a 12-hour or more suspension of access to a centralised source of drinking water for a place at the township level or higher;

(2) causing public or private property loss of Rmb300,000 or more;

(3) causing evacuation or diversion of 5,000 or more persons; or

(4) causing 30 or more persons to be poisoned (Articles 1 & 2).

clp reference:1600/13.06.17promulgated:2013-06-17effective:2013-06-19

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