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laws and be unified with the standards for application ?³ä?è¿???¹ï?2020å¹?12??30?¥ï???é«?ººæ°????
of civil law.6 Therefore, the Supreme People?? Court ???äº??æ³??è§???????§£????¢æ?????µï?
has launched a comprehensive ??leaning-up?? of the ä¸??æ³??è§??ä¸??´ç???364ä»¶ï????ä¿????»§
591 judicial interpretations in force and 139 guidance ç»????ï¼?????æ³??ï¼??è¦????§°??????æ¬?
cases and public cases, and promoted the formulation è¿??ä¿?????111ä»¶ï?ç»?¿®?¹é?å¸????2021å¹?1
of new judicial interpretations, which will ensure the ??1?¥æ?è¡??åº?????æ³?§£??116ä»¶å?ä¼?¤±????
unified and correct implementation of the Civil Code.
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The Supreme People?? Court provided basic principles æ°??ç±?27ä»¶ã???äº?±»29ä»¶ã???è¯?º§??±»18ä»¶ã??
for ??leaning up?? judicial interpretations: ??irst, the in- è¯??ç±?19件以???è¡?±»18ä»¶ã??
terpretations that shall be revoked will be subject to
a revocation list to be published upon the review of ?´æ?åº????116ä»¶å?æ³?§£??¸??24ä»¶å?åº????
the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People?? Court. ????¶å??¸å??¸æ?è§£é?ï¼?3ä»¶å?æ¢å??¹æ??°ç?
Second, the interpretations that require simple revi- å®?·µ??è¦??????¶å??¸å????æ³?§£????
sion will be submitted to the Judicial Committee of
the Supreme People?? Court, and after review of the Ju- ???ï¼??é«?ººæ°?????å¹¶å?å¸??ä¸??æ³?????
dicial Committee of the Supreme People?? Court, they ???ä¸??¹å?7ä»¶æ????æ³?§£???äº?2021å¹?1??1
will be published and implemented as of 1st January ?¥ä?æ°???¸å?æ¥æ?è¡??æ¶??æ°???¸æ??´æ???8
2021. There are mainly two types of revisions: (1) revi- ???ä¿?9?????10???å§»å?åº?11??»§??12??»ºç?·¥
sions on quoted legal names, article numbers, specific ç¨????13????¨ä?è®?14??
characters; and (2) revisions on expressions of certain
articles, or removal of certain articles. Third, for the ???æ³????????????¨æ?å¾???ºä¿®?¹ï????
interpretations that require material modifications, not ä¸?º³?¥ã???æ³?????å¹¶å????æ³??????????
only their names will be changed, but also their articles æ³??è¡?¸ºè¿??è§???????é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº???
will undergo massive modifications, or they will be in- ??<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>?¶é???????å¹²è?
corporated in several judicial interpretations under the å®????å®?????æ³???½è????æ³??äº??å¼?µ·??
same category, such as the judicial interpretations of æ°??çº?º·æ¡?»¶,???æ°???¸ç?è§?????æ³????
the Property Law, Contract Law, Guarantee Law and è¡?????å¾??å®??èµ·ç?æ°??çº?º·æ¡?»¶,???å½?
Marriage Law. These judicial interpretations shall be ?¶ç?æ³?????æ³?§£???è§??,ä½??æ³?????æ³?
put in the agenda of revision after the ??leaning up?? è§£é????è§?????å¤?????15ä½??ï¼????æ³????
is complete, and will be revised on schedule. Fourth, ç¬??????¡è?å®????å¾?????¿æ?è§?????¹æ?§æ?
the interpretations that shall remain, namely those that è§????æ²»æ?ä¾??????¡ä????ç«??æº???¢å?ï¼?
do not conflict with the Civil Code, will continue to ä½?¸ºäº??好å?ä¿????????人å??¶ä?ç»?????
be effective and applicable. For example, the Interpreta-
tion of the Supreme People?? Court on Issues of Applica- 8 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
tion of the Contract Law (II), Article 28, provides that ?´æ?????¥å¹²è§????
??here a party requests the people?? court to increase 9 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
liquidated damages pursuant to the Contract Law, Ar- ?³æ?ä¿??åº??è§£é???
ticle 114(2), the increased liquidated damages shall not 10 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
exceed the amount of actual losses. If a party makes ?????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
another request to the other party for compensation 11 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>å©?
for losses after liquidated damages have been increased, å§»å?åº????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
the people?? court will not sustain this second request.?? 12 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>ç»?
The Civil Code, Article 585, corresponding to the Con- ?¿ç???§£???ä¸?ï¼???
tract Law, Article 114, only revised a part of this, while 13 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????»ºè®¾å·¥ç¨??å·¥å????纷æ?ä»?
the actual meaning has not changed. Therefore, prior ???æ³???????§£???ä¸?ï¼???
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6 Speech on 20th collective study session of the 19th CPC Central ??§£???ä¸?ï¼???
Committee?? Political Bureau on 29th May 2020 15 ???é«?ººæ°???¢å?äº????<ä¸??人æ??±å??½æ?æ³??>??
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