Article 123 The people's courts in People's Republic of China (PRC) are the judicial organs of the state.
Article 124 Special people's courts such as the Supreme People's Court, local people's courts at various levels and military courts shall be established in People's Republic of China (PRC).
The term of office of President the Supreme People's Court is the same as that of the National People's Congress, and he may serve for no more than two consecutive terms.
The organization of the people's courts shall be prescribed by law.
Article 125 The people's courts shall hear cases in public, except in special circumstances prescribed by law. The defendant has the right to defend himself.
Article 126 The people's courts exercise judicial power independently in accordance with the law and are not subject to interference by administrative organs, social organizations or individuals.
Article 127 the Supreme People's Court is the highest judicial organ.
The Supreme People's Court supervises the trial work of local people's courts at all levels and special people's courts, and the people's courts at higher levels supervise the trial work of people's courts at lower levels.
Article 128 the Supreme People's Court is responsible to the National People's Congress and the NPC Standing Committee. Local people's courts at all levels are responsible to the organs of state power that produced them.
Article 129 The People's Procuratorate of People's Republic of China (PRC) is the legal supervision organ of the state.
Article 130 Special people's procuratorates such as the Supreme People's Procuratorate, local people's procuratorates at various levels and military procuratorates shall be established in People's Republic of China (PRC).
The term of office of the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the same as that of the National People's Congress, and he shall not serve for more than two consecutive terms.
The organization of people's procuratorates shall be prescribed by law.
Article 131 The people's procuratorates independently exercise procuratorial power in accordance with the law and are not subject to interference by administrative organs, social organizations or individuals.
Article 132 the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest procuratorial organ.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate leads the work of local people's procuratorates at all levels and special people's procuratorates, and the people's procuratorates at higher levels lead the work of people's procuratorates at lower levels.
Article 133 the Supreme People's Procuratorate is responsible to the National People's Congress and the NPC Standing Committee. Local people's procuratorates at all levels are responsible to the organs of state power that produced them and the people's procuratorates at higher levels.
Article 134 Citizens of all nationalities have the right to use their own spoken and written languages in litigation. The people's courts and people's procuratorates shall translate for the participants in the proceedings who are not familiar with the local spoken and written languages.
In areas where ethnic minorities live together or where many ethnic groups live together, trials should be conducted in the local common language; Indictments, judgments, notices and other documents shall be written in one or more local languages according to actual needs.
Article 135 In handling criminal cases, the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall be responsible for the division of labor, cooperate with each other and check each other to ensure the accurate and effective enforcement of laws.