Chapter VII
Party Discipline
Article 37. Party discipline refers to the rules of conduct that must be observed by Party organizations at all levels and by all Party members. It is the guarantee that the unity and solidarity of the Party are safeguarded and that the tasks of the Party are accomplished. Party organizations must strictly observe and maintain Party discipline. A Communist Party member must conscientiously act within the bounds of Party discipline.
Article 38. Party organizations should criticize, educate or take disciplinary measures against members who violate Party discipline, depending on the nature and seriousness of their mistakes and in the spirit of "learning from past mistakes to avoid future ones, and curing the sickness to save the patient."
Party members who have seriously violated the criminal law shall be expelled from the Party.
It is strictly forbidden in the Party to take any measures against a member that contravene the Party Constitution or the laws of the state, or to retaliate against or frame a member. Any offending organization or individual must be dealt with according to Party discipline and the laws of the state.
Article 39. There are five measures for enforcing Party discipline: warning, serious warning, removal from Party posts, probation within the Party, and expulsion from the Party.
The period for which a Party member is placed on probation shall not exceed two years. During that period, the Party member concerned has no right to participate in voting or elections or stand for election. A Party member who during that time truly rectifies his or her mistake shall have his or her rights as a Party member restored. Party members who refuse to mend their ways shall be expelled from the Party.
Expulsion is the ultimate Party disciplinary measure. In deciding on or approving an expulsion, Party organizations at all levels should study all the relevant facts and opinions and exercise extreme caution.
Article 40. Any disciplinary measure to be taken against a Party member must be discussed and decided on at a general membership meeting of the Party branch concerned, and reported to the primary Party committee concerned for approval. If the case is relatively important or complicated, or involves the expulsion of a member, it shall be reported to a Party commission for discipline inspection at or above the county level for examination and approval, in accordance with the specific situation. Under special circumstances, a Party committee or a commission for discipline inspection at or above the county level has the authority to decide directly on disciplinary measures to be taken against a Party member.
Any decision to remove a member or alternate member of the Central Committee or a local committee at any level from his or her posts within the Party, to place such a person on probation within the Party or to expel such a person from the Party must be approved by a two thirds majority vote at a plenary meeting of the Party committee to which he or she belongs. In special circumstances, the decision may be taken first by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee or the standing committee of a local Party committee, pending confirmation at the plenary meeting of the Party committee. Such a disciplinary measure against a member or alternate member of a local Party committee is subject to approval by the higher Party committee.
第七章 黨的紀(jì)律
第三十七條 黨的紀(jì)律是黨的各級(jí)組織和全體黨員必須遵守的行為規(guī)則，是維護(hù)黨的團(tuán)結(jié)統(tǒng)一、完成黨的任務(wù)的保證。黨組織必須嚴(yán)格執(zhí)行和維護(hù)黨的紀(jì)律，共產(chǎn)黨員必須自覺接受黨的紀(jì)律的約束。
第三十八條 黨組織對(duì)違犯黨的紀(jì)律的黨員，應(yīng)當(dāng)本著懲前毖后、治病救人的精神，按照錯(cuò)誤性質(zhì)和情節(jié)輕重，給以批評(píng)教育直至紀(jì)律處分。
嚴(yán)重觸犯刑律的黨員必須開除黨籍。
黨內(nèi)嚴(yán)格禁止用違反黨章和國家法律的手段對(duì)待黨員，嚴(yán)格禁止打擊報(bào)復(fù)和誣告陷害。違反這些規(guī)定的組織或個(gè)人必須受到黨的紀(jì)律和國家法律的追究。
第三十九條 黨的紀(jì)律處分有五種：警告、嚴(yán)重警告、撤銷黨內(nèi)職務(wù)、留黨察看、開除黨籍。
留黨察看最長不超過兩年。黨員在留黨察看期間沒有表決權(quán)、選舉權(quán)和被選舉權(quán)。黨員經(jīng)過留黨察看，確已改正錯(cuò)誤的，應(yīng)當(dāng)恢復(fù)其黨員的權(quán)利；堅(jiān)持錯(cuò)誤不改的，應(yīng)當(dāng)開除黨籍。
開除黨籍是黨內(nèi)的最高處分。各級(jí)黨組織在決定或批準(zhǔn)開除黨員黨籍的時(shí)候，應(yīng)當(dāng)全面研究有關(guān)的材料和意見，采取十分慎重的態(tài)度。
第四十條 對(duì)黨員的紀(jì)律處分，必須經(jīng)過支部大會(huì)討論決定，報(bào)黨的基層委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn)；如果涉及的問題比較重要或復(fù)雜，或給黨員以開除黨籍的處分，應(yīng)分別不同情況，報(bào)縣級(jí)或縣級(jí)以上黨的紀(jì)律檢查委員會(huì)審查批準(zhǔn)。在特殊情況下，縣級(jí)和縣級(jí)以上各級(jí)黨的委員會(huì)和紀(jì)律檢查委員會(huì)有權(quán)直接決定給黨員以紀(jì)律處分。
對(duì)黨的中央委員會(huì)和地方各級(jí)委員會(huì)的委員、候補(bǔ)委員，給以撤銷黨內(nèi)職務(wù)、留黨察看或開除黨籍的處分，必須由本人所在的委員會(huì)全體會(huì)議三分之二以上的多數(shù)決定。在特殊情況下，可以先由中央政治局和地方各級(jí)委員會(huì)常務(wù)委員會(huì)作出處理決定，待召開委員會(huì)全體會(huì)議時(shí)予以追認(rèn)。對(duì)地方各級(jí)委員會(huì)委員和候補(bǔ)委員的上述處分，必須經(jīng)過上級(jí)黨的委員會(huì)批準(zhǔn)。
嚴(yán)重觸犯刑律的中央委員會(huì)委員、候補(bǔ)委員，由中央政治局決定開除其黨籍；嚴(yán)重觸犯刑律的地方各級(jí)委員會(huì)委員、候補(bǔ)委員，由同級(jí)委員會(huì)常務(wù)委員會(huì)決定開除其黨籍。
第四十一條 黨組織對(duì)黨員作出處分決定，應(yīng)當(dāng)實(shí)事求是地查清事實(shí)。處分決定所依據(jù)的事實(shí)材料和處分決定必須同本人見面，聽取本人說明情況和申辯。如果本人對(duì)處分決定不服，可以提出申訴，有關(guān)黨組織必須負(fù)責(zé)處理或者迅速轉(zhuǎn)遞，不得扣壓。對(duì)于確屬堅(jiān)持錯(cuò)誤意見和無理要求的人，要給以批評(píng)教育。
第四十二條 黨組織如果在維護(hù)黨的紀(jì)律方面失職，必須受到追究。
對(duì)于嚴(yán)重違犯黨的紀(jì)律、本身又不能糾正的黨組織，上一級(jí)黨的委員會(huì)在查明核實(shí)后，應(yīng)根據(jù)情節(jié)嚴(yán)重的程度，作出進(jìn)行改組或予以解散的決定，并報(bào)再上一級(jí)黨的委員會(huì)審查批準(zhǔn)，正式宣布執(zhí)行。
