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Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment Article 1 This Law is formulated for the purpose of maintaining public order, ensuring public safety, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations, and standardizing and ensuring that public security organs and their people's police perform their duties of public security administration according to law. Article 35 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the administrative department of health of the State Council shall promptly inform other relevant departments of the State Council and the administrative departments of health of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government of the epidemic situation of infectious diseases and relevant monitoring and early warning information.
The health administrative departments of neighboring and relevant local people's governments shall timely inform each other of the epidemic situation of infectious diseases and the relevant information of monitoring and early warning within their respective administrative areas.
When the relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level find the epidemic situation of infectious diseases, they shall promptly notify the health administrative department of the people's government at the same level.
When the health administrative department of China People's Liberation Army discovers the epidemic situation of infectious diseases, it shall notify the health administrative department of the State Council. Article 9 of the Police Law of the People's Republic of China In order to maintain social order, the people's police of the public security organ may interrogate and inspect a person suspected of committing a crime on the spot upon showing corresponding certificates; After cross-examination and inspection, in any of the following circumstances, with the approval of the public security organ, it may be taken to the public security organ for further cross-examination:
(1) Accused of a criminal act;
(2) Being suspected of committing a crime on the spot;
(3) Having an unidentified suspect;
(4) The articles carried may be stolen goods.
The detention time shall not exceed 24 hours from the time when the interrogated person is taken to the public security organ. Under special circumstances, with the approval of the public security organ at or above the county level, it may be extended to 48 hours, and the interrogation record shall be kept. If the cross-examination is approved to continue, it shall immediately notify the family members or the unit to which it belongs. If the interrogation is not approved, the interrogated person shall be released immediately.
After continuing interrogation, if the public security organ considers it necessary to take detention or other compulsory measures against the interrogated person according to law, it shall make a decision within the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph; If the above decision cannot be made within the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph, the interrogated person shall be released immediately.