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