《未成年人保护法》word版

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors (Adopted at the 21st Meeting of th

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Minors (Adopted at the 21st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on September 4, 1991 and promulgated by Order No.50 of the President of the People's Republic of China on September 4, 1991) Contents Chapter IGeneral Provisions Chapter II Protection by the Family Chapter III Protection by the School Chapter IV Protection by the Society Chapter VJudicial Protection Chapter VI Legal Responsibility Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1This Law is enacted in accordan__ with the Constitution for the purpose of protecting the physical and mental health of minors, safeguarding their lawful rights and interests, promoting their all-round development -- morally, in____ectually and physically, and training them into suc__ssors to the socialist cause with lofty ideals, sound morality, better education and agood sense of discipline. Article 2Minors as used in this Law refer to citizens under the age of eighteen. Article 3The State, society, schools and families shall educate minors in ideals, morality, culture, discipline and legal system as well as in patrioti__, collectivi__, internationali__ and communi__, foster among them the social ethics of loving the motherland, the people, labour, scien__ and sociali__, and fight against the corrosive influen__s of bourgeois, feudal and other decadent ideologies. Article 4The protection of minors shall follow the following principles: (1)safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of minors; 1