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Notes 1. To interpret the Constitution and supervise its enforcement,
2. To enact and amend statutes except those made by the NPC,
3. To enact partial supplements (when the NPC is not in session) and make amendments to statutes
enacted by the NPC, provided they do not contravene the basic principles of these statutes,
4. To interpret statutes,
5. To examine and approve (when NPC is not in session) partial adjustments to the plan for national
economic and social development and to the state budget that deem necessary in the course of
their implementation,
6. To supervise the work of the State Council, Central Military Commission, Supreme People’s
Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate,
7. To annul those administrative rules and regulations, decisions and orders of the State Council
that contravene the Constitution or the statutes,
8. To annul those local regulations or decisions of the organs of the State power of provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central government that contravene
the Constitution, the statutes or the administrative rules and regulations,
9. To decide (when (NPC is not in session) on nomination by the Chairman of the Central Military
Commission and other members of this body,
10. To appoint and remove the Vice-Presidents and judges of the Supreme People’s Court, members
of its judicial committees and the President of the Military Court at the suggestion of the President
of the Supreme People’s Court,
11. To appoint and remove the deputy Procurators-General and procurators of the Supreme People’s
Procuratorate, members of its procuratorial committee and Chief Procurator of the military
procuratorate at the request of the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate,
12. To approve the appointment and removal of the chief procurators of the people’s procuratorates
of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central government,
13. To decide on the appointment and recall of plenipotentiary representatives abroad,
14. To decide on the ratification or abrogation of treaties and important agreements concluded
with foreign. States,
15. To institute systems of titles and ranks for military and diplomatic personnel and of other
specific titles and ranks,
16. To institute state medals and titles of honour and decide on their conferment,
17. To decide on the granting of special pardons,
18. To decide (when NPC not in session) on the proclamation of state of war in the event of armed
attack on the country and in fulfilment of international treaty obligations concerning common
defence against aggression,
19. To decide on general or partial mobilisation,
20. To decide on the enforcement of martial law throughout the country or in some part, and
21. To exercise such other functions as the NPC may assign to it.
The Chairman of the NPC presides over trie meetings of the Standing Committee. It has been made
responsible to the NPC.
The present Constitution makes some important arrangements relating to the functioning of the
NPC. For instance, Art. 70 provides that it shall appoint Nationalities Committee, Law Committee,
Foreign Affairs Committee, Overseas Committee and other necessary committees to examine, discuss
and draw up relevant bills and draft resolutions according to the directions of the NCP or its SC.
These committees shall work under the control of the NPC or its SC, while the NPC or its SC may
appoint, when necessary, inquiry committees to look into a specific question. The Deputies have
been given the right to move bills and proposals, address questions that the ministers must answer in
a responsible manner. No Deputy can be arrested without the consent of the President of the NPC,

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