permission or without taking any safety measures,

　　which endanger the safety of power facilities, the administrative

　　department of electric power shall order them to cease their operations,

　　restore to the original state, and to make compensation for any losses.

　　Article 69

　　For those who violate the provisions of Article 53 of this law by

　　constructing building or other constructional structures, planting

　　vegetation, or placing objects, which endanger the safety of power

　　facilities in a power facility protection area demarcated according to

　　law, the local people's government shall order them compulsorily to

　　dismantle the construction, chop the vegetation, or eliminate the

　　objects.

　　Article 70

　　The public security office shall, according to the relevant provisions

　　of the Public Order Management Regulations, impose a penalty upon any of

　　the following actions. Those actions which constitute crimes shall be

　　prosecuted for criminal liability according to law:

　　(1) Hindering or delaying the process of power construction or the

　　urgent repair and maintenance of power facilities, thereby making it

　　impossible for the power construction or repair and maintenance of power

　　facilities to be carried out normally;

　　(2) Disturbing the order of power production enterprises,

　　substations, or power dispatching agencies and power supply enterprises,

　　and thereby making it impossible for normal production, work, or service

　　to be conducted normally;

　　(3) Striking or openly insulting electricity inspector, meter

　　reader or fee collector who is carrying out his duty;

　　(4) Refusing or preventing electric power supervisory and

　　inspective personnel from carrying out their duties according to law.

　　Article 71

　　For those who steal electric energy, the administrative department of

　　electric power shall order them to stop the illegal behavior, to pay the

　　electricity fees, and to be imposed a fine of up to five times the amount

　　of the electricity fees that should be paid. Those actions which

　　constitute crimes shall be prosecuted for criminal liability according to

　　the provisions of Article 151 or Article 152 of the Criminal Law.

　　Article 72

　　Those who steal, or damage by other means electric power facilities

　　and harm the public safety, shall be prosecuted for criminal liability

　　according to the provisions of Article 109 or Article 110 of the Criminal

　　Law.

　　Article 73

　　Any person of an administrative department of electric power who

　　abuses his authority, neglects his duties, plays favoritism, or commits

　　irregularities, shall be prosecuted for criminal liability in the case

　　where a crime is constituted; or an administrative penalty shall be

　　imposed in the case where no crime is constituted.

　　Article 74

　　Any staff member or employee of an electric power enterprise who

　　violates rules and regulations, makes a dispatch contrary to regulations,

　　or disobeys the dispatch order and thereby causes a serious accident,

　　shall be prosecuted for criminal liability according to provisions of

　　Article 114 of the Criminal Law.

　　Any staff member or employee of an electric power enterprise who

　　intentionally delays urgent repair and maintenance on electric power

　　facilities or delays power supply for rescue and relief work and thereby

　　causes serious consequences, shall be prosecuted for criminal liability

　　according to the provisions of Article 114 of the Criminal Law.

　　Management personnel, electricity inspector, meter readers or fee

　　collectors of an electric power enterprise who blackmail the users or seek

　　personal gains shall be prosecuted for criminal liability in the case

　　where a crime is constituted; or an administrative penalty shall be

　　imposed in the case where no crime is constituted.

　　Chapter X Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 75

　　This law shall come into force on April 1, 1996.

　　Appendix: Related Articles of the Criminal Law

　　Article 109

　　Those who destroy electric power, gas, or other inflammable or

　　explosive equipment and thereby endanger public safety, if serious

　　consequences have not yet resulted in, shall be sentenced to imprisonment

　　between three to ten years.

　　Article 110

　　Those who destroy vehicles, traffic equipment, electric power or gas

　　equipment, or inflammable or explosive equipment, thus causing serious

　　consequences, shall be sentenced to more than 10 years' imprisonment, life

　　imprisonment, or death.

　　Those who negligently commit the crime mentioned in the preceding

　　section shall be sentenced to imprisonment of up to seven years or

　　criminal detention.

　　Article 114

　　If any staff member or employee of a factory, mine, forestry farm,

　　construction enterprise or other enterprise or institution disobeys

　　management, violates rules and regulations, or forces workers to disobey

　　instructions and work in an operational risks, and thereby causes serious

　　injury or death, the person shall be sentenced to imprisonment of up to

　　three years or criminal detention; if the case is extremely serious, the

　　person shall be sentenced to imprisonment between three to seven years.

　　Article 151

　　Those who steal, cheat, or rob a large amount of public or private

　　property shall be sentenced to imprisonment of up to five years, criminal

　　detention, or criminal surveillance.

　　Article 152

　　Habitual thieves, cheats, or those who steal, cheat, or rob a huge

　　amount of public or private property shall be sentenced to imprisonment

　　between five to ten years; if the case is extremely serious, the person

　　shall be sentenced to more than 10 years' imprisonment or life

　　imprisonment, and may concurrently be sentenced to a confiscation of

　　property.