Notice concerning Earnestly Interpreting the Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate “Regulations concerning Concrete Applicable Law in Adjudicating Criminal Cases on Obscene Goods”

27 July 1990, Administration of Press and Publications

The  “Regulations concerning Concrete Applicable Law in Adjudicating Criminal Cases on Obscene Goods” promulgated and implemented on 6 July 1990 by the Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate (hereafter simply named “Regulations”) are an extremely important judicial interpretation aimed at legal problems encountered during “sweeping pornography”, and have had a vigorous and profound influenced on correctly and forcefully attacking criminal activities of producing, peddling, disseminating and smuggling obscene goods, consolidating the achievements of “sweeping pornography”, further promoting the deep development of the “sweeping pornography” struggle, and strengthening the constant management of the book, newspaper, periodical and audiovisual markets. All localities and all departments must earnestly implement these provisions, fully give rein to the might of the law, and unwaveringly carry on the “sweeping pornography” struggle.

Regulations concerning Concretely Applicable Law in Adjudicating Criminal Cases on Obscene Goods

6 July 1990

Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate

In order to accurately and powerfully attack crimes of producing, peddling, disseminating or smuggling obscene goods, hereby the following Regulations are made concerning the question of how to concretely apply the law when adjudicating criminal cases on obscene goods at present: