【正文】 s than twothirds of the members of the villagers assembly, or of the villagers39。 representatives, of the collective economic organization concerned and it shall be submitted to the township (town) people39。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 within the term of contract his successor may continue to execute the contract. Chapter IV Settlement of Disputes and Legal Responsibility Article 51 Where dispute arises over the contractual management of land, the two parties may settle the dispute though consultation and may request the villagers assembly or the township (town) people39。s government to help settle the dispute though mediation. Where the parties are not willing to have it settled through consultation or mediation or consultation or mediation is not successful, they may apply to an arbitral body in charge of rural land contracts for arbitration, or directly bring a suit in the People39。s Court. Article 52 Where the parties are not satisfied with the arbitral ruling made by the arbitral body in charge of rural land contracts, they may bring a suit in the People39。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 right to land contractual management shall bear civil responsibility. Article 54 Where the party giving out the contract mits one of the following acts, it shall bear such civil responsibilities as desisting from the infringement, returning the original articles, restoring the original state, forestalling damages, eliminating dangers and pensating losses: (1) interfering with the right to decisionmaking for production and management enjoyed by a contractor according to law。 (2) taking back or readjusting the contracted land in violation of the provisions of this Law。 (3) pelling a contractor to circulate his right to land contractual management or preventing a contractor from doing so。 (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。 (5) taking back the contracted land by reason of the need to divide the land into grain rations fields and responsibility fields in order to contract out the land though bid invitation。 (6) taking back the contracted land to pay off its debts。 (7) depriving women of the right to land contractual management that they enjoy according to law or infringing on such right。 and (8) other acts infringing upon the right to land contractual management. Article 55 Any agreements in a contract concluded against the will of a contractor or in violation of the relevant pulsory provisions of laws and administrative rules and regulations against the taking back and readjusting of the contracted land shall be invalid. Article 56 Where a party fails 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。s Republic of China, bear responsibility for breach of the contract. Article 57 Any circulation of the right to land contractual management by a contractor under the pulsion of an organization or individual shall be invalid. Article 58 Any organization or individual that, without authorization, detains or withholds the proceeds derived from the circulation of the right to land contractual management shall return such proceeds. Article 59 Any unit or individual that, in violation of the regulations on land administration, requisitions or occupies land or embezzles or misappropriates the pensations paid for the land requisitioned, which constitutes a crime, it/he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with law。 and if damages are caused to others, it/he shall bear such responsibilities as paying pensation for the damages. Article 60 Where a contractor, in violation of law, uses the contracted land for nonagricultural development, the relevant petent administrative department of the local people39。s government at or above the county level shall, according to law, impose punishment on him. Where a contractor causes permanent damages to the contracted land, the party giving out the contract shall have the right to put a stop to it and to demand the contractor to pensate the losses entailed. Article 61 Where a State organ or its staff member, taking advantage of its/his positions and powers, infringes upon the right to land contractual management by interfering with rural land contract, modifying or revoking a contract, interfering with the right to decisionmaking for production and management that a contractor enjoys according to law, or p