（Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress on February 12，1980）
颁布日期：19800212 　实施日期：19800212 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

Acting on a proposal put forward by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Supreme People's Court regarding the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Law， the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress decides that：

1. Criminal cases filed before December 31， 1979 but not yet decided shall continue to be handled according to the policies， laws and regulations and case-handling procedures relevant to criminal proceedings which were valid before the Criminal Procedure Law went into effect.

2. Criminal cases accepted after January 1， 1980 shall be handled according to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law. If too many cases handled by a limited number of personnel prevent some cases from being concluded within the time limits for investigation， prosecution and adjudication of first and second instances as prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Law， the time limits for case-handling during the year 1980 may be extended upon approval by the standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces， autonomous regions， and municipalities directly under the Central Government.