Article 25 When by-elections are held by the local people's congresses at various levels for chairmen, vice-chairmen, secretaries-general and members of their standing committees, chairmen, and vice-chairmen of the people's congresses of townships, nationality townships or towns, governors, deputy governors, chairmen and vice-chairmen of autonomous regions, mayors, deputy mayors, prefects, deputy prefects, heads and deputy heads of counties, districts, townships and towns, presidents of people's courts, and chief procurators of people's procuratorates, the number of candidates may exceed or equal the number of vacancies, and the election procedures and methods shall be decided by the people's congresses at the corresponding levels.

　　第二十六条　县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会举行会议的时候，主席团、常务委员会或者十分之一以上代表联名，可以提出对本级人民代表大会常务委员会组成人员、人民政府组成人员、人民法院院长、人民检察院检察长的罢免案，由主席团提请大会审议。

Article 26 When a local people's congress at or above the county level is in session, its presidium, its standing committee, or a joint group of at least one tenth of its deputies may submit a proposal to remove from office members of its standing committee or members of the people's government, the president of the people's court or the chief procurator of the people's procuratorate at the corresponding level; the presidium shall refer such proposals to the congress for deliberation.

　　乡、民族乡、镇的人民代表大会举行会议的时候，主席团或者五分之一以上代表联名，可以提出对人民代表大会主席、副主席，乡长、副乡长，镇长、副镇长的罢免案，由席团提请大会审议。

When the people's congress of a township, nationality township or town is in session, the presidium or a group of at least one-fifth of the deputies may submit a proposal to remove from office the chairman or vice-chairmen of the people's congress, the head or deputy heads of the township or town; the presidium shall refer the proposal to the congress for deliberation.

　　罢免案应当写明罢免理由。

In a proposal for removal from office, reasons for the removal shall clearly be stated.

　　被提出罢免的人员有权在主席团会议或者大会全体会议上提出申辩意见，或者书面提出申辩意见。在主席团会议上提出的申辩意见或者书面提出的申辩意见，由主席团印发会议。

Persons proposed to be removed from office shall have the right to defend themselves at a meeting of the presidium or at the plenary meeting of a session, or to submit their written defence. The defence made at the meeting of the presidium or the written defence shall be printed and distributed to participants of the session by the presidium.

　　向县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会提出的罢免案，由主席团交会议审议后，提请全体会议表决；或者由主席团提议，经全体会议决定，组织调查委员会，由本级人民代表大会下次会议根据调查委员会的报告审议决定。

The proposal for removal from office submitted to a local people's congress at or above the county level shall, after being distributed by the presidium to the participants for deliberation, be submitted to the plenary meeting of the session for voting; or the presidium shall, subject to decision of the plenary meeting of the session, propose to organize an investigation committee, and the proposal for removal from office shall be deliberated and decided at the next session of the people's congress at the corresponding level on the basis of the report prepared by the investigation committee.

　　第二十七条　县级以上的地方各级人民代表大会常务委员会组成人员和人民政府领导人员，人民法院院长，人民检察院检察长，可以向本级人民代表大会提出辞职，由大会决定是否接受辞职；大会闭会期间，可以向本级人民代表大会常务委员会提出辞职，由常务委员会决定是否接受辞职。常务委员会决定接受辞职后，报本级人民代表大会备案。人民检察院检察长的辞职，须报经上一级人民检察院检察长提请该级人民代表大会常务委员会批准。

Article 27 A component member of the standing committee of a local people's congress at or above the county level, a leading person of a local people's government, the president of a People's Court or the chief procurator of a People's Procuratorate at or above the county level may submit the resignation to the people's congress at the corresponding level, which shall decide whether or not to accept the resignation; if the people's congress is not in session, such resignations may be submitted to its standing committee, which shall decide whether or not to accept the resignations. If the standing committee decides to accept a resignation, it shall report it to its people's congress for the record. A resignation of the chief procurator of a people's procuratorate must be reported to the chief procurator of the people's procuratorate at the next higher level, who shall refer it to the standing committee of the people's congress at the corresponding level for approval.

　　乡、民族乡、镇的人民代表大会主席、副主席，乡长、副乡长，镇长、副镇长，可以向本级人民代表大会提出辞职，由大会决定是否接受辞职。

The chairman or vice-chairman of the people's congress of a township, nationality township or town, the head or deputy head of a township or town may submit his resignation to the people's congress at the corresponding level, which shall decide whether or not to accept the resignation."

　　第二十八条　地方各级人民代表大会举行会议的时候，代表十人以上联名可以书面提出对本级人民政府和它所属各工作部门以及人民法院、人民检察院的质询案。质询案必须写明质询对象、质询的问题和内容。

Article 28 When a local people's congress at any level is in session, a group of at least ten of the deputies may submit a written proposal for addressing questions to the people's government or any of its departments, the People's Court or the People's Procuratorate at the corresponding level. In the proposal shall clearly be stated to whom the questions are addressed and the specific questions themselves.

　　质询案由主席团决定交由受质询机关在主席团会议、大会全体会议或者有关的专门委员会会议上口头答复，或者由受质询机关书面答复。在主席团会议或者专门委员会会议上答复的，提质询案的代表有权列席会议，发表意见；主席团认为必要的时候，可以将答复质询案的情况报告印发会议。

The presidium shall decide whether to refer the proposal to the organ addressed for an oral reply at the meeting of the presidium, or at the plenary meeting of a session, or at the meeting of a relevant special committee, or for a written reply. Where a reply is made at a meeting of the presidium or of the special committee, the deputies who submit the proposal shall have the right to attend the meeting as nonvoting delegates and express their opinions; when the presidium considers it necessary, it may have the report on the reply printed and distributed to the session.

　　质询案以口头答复的，应当由受质询机关的负责人到会答复；质询案以书面答复的，应当由受质询机关的负责人签署，由主席团印发会议或者印发提质询案的代表。

If the reply is to be made orally, the leading person of the organ addressed shall be present at the meeting to give the reply; if the reply is to be made in writing, it shall be signed by the leading person of the organ addressed, and the presidium shall have it printed and distributed to the session or to the deputies who address the questions.

　　第二十九条　在地方各级人民代表大会审议议案的时候，代表可以向有关地方国家机关提出询问，由有关机关派人说明。

Article 29 When a local people's congress at any level examines a bill or proposal, its deputies may address questions to the local state organs concerned, which shall send their personnel to the congress to give explanations.

　　第三十条　省、自治区、直辖市、自治州、设区的市的人民代表大会根据需要，可以设法制（政法）委员会、财政经济委员会、教育科学文化卫生委员会等专门委员会。各专门委员会受本级人民代表大会领导；在大会闭会期间，受本级人民代表大会常务委员会领导。

Article 30 The people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, autonomous prefectures and cities divided into districts may, where necessary, establish special committees such as legislative (political and law) committees, finance and economic committees, and education, science, culture and public health committees. The special committees shall work under the direction of the respective people's congresses; when the people's congresses are not in session, they shall work under the direction of the standing committees of the people's congresses.

　　各专门委员会的主任委员、副主任委员和委员的人选，由主席团在代表中提名，大会通过。在大会闭会期间，常务委员会可以补充任命专门委员会的个别副主任委员和部分委员，由主任会议提名，常

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