【正文】 to perform the obligations in a contract or the obligations it performs are at variance with the ones agreed upon, it shall, in accordance with the provisions in the Contract Law of the People39。 (4) circulating the right to land contractual management by pelling a contractor to give up or modify his right to land contractual management on the pretext that the minority is subordinate to the majority。s Court within 30 days from the date they receive the ruling in writing. If they fail to file a suit before expiration of the prescribed time limit, the written ruling shall thereupon bee legally effective. Article 53 Any organizations or individuals that infringe upon the contractor39。s government for approval. Where units or individuals other than the ones of the collective economic organization concerned undertake contracts, the contracts shall be concluded only after examination of the credit position and management capability of the contractors. Article 49 Where a person enters into a contract for rural land through bid invitation, auction or public consultation and, after registration according to law, obtains the certificate of the right to land contractual management or the certificate of the right to forestland contractual management, his right to land contractual management may, according to law, be circulated though transfer, lease, pooling of rights as shares, mortgage or other means. Article 50 Where the right to land contractual management is obtained through bid invitation, auction or public consultation and when the contractor is dead, the benefits derived from the contract which are due him shall be inherited in accordance with the provisions of the Succession Law。 and (7) liabilities for breach of the contract. Article 38 Where the parities to the circulation of the right to land contractual management by means of exchange or transfer request registration, they shall apply for registration to the local people39。 (3) the term of circulation and the dates of beginning and end。 (4) that the transferee shall have the capability for agricultural operation。 or Article 29 During the term of contract, the contractor may, of his own free will, turn back the contracted land to the party giving out the contract. Where a contractor wishes to do the same, he shall, six months in advance, inform the party giving out the contract of the matter in written form. Where a contractor turns back the contracted land during the term of contract, he may no longer request to undertake a contract for land within the term. Article 30 During the term of contract, a woman gets married and undertakes no contract for land in the place of her new residence, the party giving out the contract may not take back her originally contracted land。s government and the people39。 and (6) liability for breach of the contract. Article 22 A contract shall go into effect as of the date of its conclusion. The contractor shall obtain the right to land contractual management as of the date the contract goes into effect. Article 23 Local people39。 (2) the name, location, area and quality grade of the contracted land。 (3) convening, according to law, the villagers assembly of the collective economic organization concerned to adopt the contracting plan through discussion。 (3) in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Law, the contracting plan shall, according to law, be subject to consent by not less than twothirds of the members of the villagers assembly of the collective economic organization concerned or of the villagers39。 and (3) other rights provided for in laws and administrative rules and regulations. Article 17 The contractor shall have the following obligations: (1) keeping or using the land for agricultural purposes, and refraining from using it for nonagricultural development。 (4) carrying out the overall plan for land use worked out by the people39。 (3) stopping the contractor from damaging the contracted land and agricultural resources。s governments at or above the county level shall, in pliance with their respective functions and duties, be responsible for administration of the contracting of the rural land within their own administrative areas and the administration of the contracts. The township (town) people39。 Law of the People39。s Republic of China on August 29, 2002) Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II Household Contract Section 1 Rights and Obligations of the Party Giving out the Contract and of the Contractor Section 2 Principles and Procedures for Contracting Section 3 Term of Contract and the Contract Section 4 Protection of the Right to Land Contractual Management Section 5 Circulation of the Right to Land Contractual Management Chapter III Contract in Other Forms Chapter IV Settlement of Disputes and Legal Responsibility Chapter V Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In accordance with the Constitution, this Law is enacted for the purposes of stabilizing and improving the twotier management system that bines centralized and decentralized management on the basis of household contractual management, granting to the peasants longterm and guaranteed landuse right, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to land contracts in rural areas, and promoting the development of agriculture and rural economy and social stability in the countryside. Article 2 For purposes of this Law, land in rural areas includes the arable land, forestlands and grasslands owned collectively by the peasants and by the State and used collectively by the peasants according to law, as well as other lands used for agriculture according to law. Article 3 The State applies the contractual management system in respect of land in rural areas. Land contract i