The “Measures for the Payment of Litigation Costs”, which were adopted at the 159th executive meeting of the State Council on December 8, 2006, are hereby promulgated, and shall come into force on April 1, 2007.

Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The present Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions in the “Civil Litigation Law of the People's Republic of China” (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Litigation Law) and the “Administrative Litigation Law of the People's Republic of China” (hereinafter referred to as Administrative Litigation Law).
Article 2 A party concerned shall, if participating in a civil or administrative litigation, pay litigation costs in accordance with the present Measures.

The litigation costs which need not be paid or which are exempted from payment under the present Measures shall be an exception.
Article 3 No court shall charge any fee from the party concerned in the process of litigation by going beyond the scope and rates prescribed in the present Measures.
Article 4 The state provides judicial relief to the parties who really have difficulties in paying litigation costs, guarantees their lawful exercise of their litigation rights, and safeguards their lawful rights and interests.
Article 5 Foreigners, stateless persons, foreign enterprises or organizations shall, when participating in the litigation in the people's courts, be governed by the present Measures.
Where a foreign court offers discriminatory treatments between citizens, legal persons or other organizations of the People's Republic of China and those of its home country in respect of payment of litigation costs, the principle of reciprocity shall apply correspondingly.
       Chapter II Scope of Payment of Litigation Costs
Article 6 The litigation costs paid by a party concerned to the people's court shall include:
(1) case acceptance fee;
(2) application fee; and
(3) the traffic expenses, accommodation expenses, living expenses, and subsidies for missed work, which incurred by witnesses, authenticators, interpreters and adjustment makers for their appearing in the people's court at designated dates.
Article 7 Case acceptance fees shall include:
(1) case acceptance fees of the first instance;
(2) case acceptance fees of the second instance; and
(3) in the cases of post-final retrial, the case acceptance fees payable as required by the present Measures.
Article 8 No case acceptance fee needs to be paid for the following cases:
(1) the cases tried pursuant to special procedures prescribed in the Civil Litigation Law;
(2) the cases ruled not to be accepted, and the cases in which the lawsuit or appeal is ruled to be rejected;
(3) the cases in which the party concerned is dissatisfied with the ruling on no acceptance, on rejecting the lawsuit or on objection to the jurisdiction, and appeals; and
(4) administrative compensation cases.
Article 9 In a case tried pursuant to the procedures for trial supervision as prescribed in the Civil Litigation Law and the Administrative Litigation Law, the party concerned does not need to pay the case acceptance fee, except for the following circumstances:
(1) The party concerned has any new evidence, which is enough to reverse the original judgment or ruling, and applies to the people's court for post-final retrial, while the people's court decides after examination to hold a post-final retrial of the case;
(2) The party concerned did not file an appeal for the judgment or ruling of the first instance rendered by the people's court, but applies for post-final retrial after the judgment or ruling of the first instance or the letter of mediation has become legally effective, and the people's court decides after examination to hold a post-final retrial of the case.
Article 10 Where a party concerned applies to the people's court according to law for the following matters, it shall pay a application fee:
(1) Applying for the enforcement of a legally effective judgment, ruling or letter of mediation made by the people's court, an award or letter of mediation made by the arbitration institution according to law, or a credit document which the public notarial institution grants the force for compulsory enforcement according to law;
(2) Applying for taking preservation measures;
(3) Applying for a payment warrant;
(4) Applying for a public summon;
(5) Applying for revocation of an arbitral award or for affirmation of the effectiveness of an arbitration agreement;
(6) Applying for bankruptcy;
(7) Applying for maritime injunction, general average adjustment, establishment of a limitation fund for maritime claims, maritime credit registration, or summon of priority claims to the ship; and
(8) Applying for acknowledgement and enforcement of the judgment or ruling of a foreign court or the award of a foreign arbitration institution.
Article 11 The traffic expenses, accommodation expenses, living expenses incurred by the witnesses, authenticators, interpreters and adjustment makers for appearing in court on the date designated by the people's court and their subsidies for missed work shall be charged by the people's court on behalf of them at the rates prescribed by the state.
The party concerned who make photocopies of the archival materials and legal documents of the case shall pay the actual cost of production to the people's court.
Article 12 For the expenses to be lawfully borne by the party concerned due to authentication, announcement, survey, interpretation, evaluation, auction, selling-off, warehousing, custody, transport, ship supervision, etc. in the process of litigation, the people's court shall, in light of the principle that he who puts forward the proposal shall bear the expenses, decide that the party concerned shall directly pay the expenses to the relevant institution or entity, and the people's court shall not charge or pay the expenses on behalf the party concerned.
Where the people's court provides translation for the spoken or written language commonly used by the local ethnicity in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 11 of the Civil Litigation Law, it shall not charge any fee.
     Chapter III Rates for the Payment of Litigation Costs
Article 13 The case acceptance fees shall be paid separately at the following rates:
(1) The amount or price under the litigation claim in a property case shall be paid by adding up to the amounts within the following rate brackets:
1. for the part of not more than 10,000 Yuan, 50 Yuan shall be paid for each case;
2. for the part of more than 10,000 Yuan up to 100,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 2.5%;
3. for the part of more than 100,000 Yuan up to 200,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 2%;
4. for the part of more than 200,000 Yuan up to 500,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1.5%;
5. for the part of more than 500,000 Yuan up to 1 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1%;
6. for the part of more than 1 million Yuan up to 2 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.9%;
7. for the part of more than 2 million Yuan up to 5 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.8%;
8. for the part of more than 5 million Yuan up to 10 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.7%;
9. for the part of more than 10 million Yuan up to 20 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.6%; and
10. for the part of more than 20 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.5%.
(2) For non-property cases, the case acceptance fee shall be paid at the following rates:
1. For each divorce case, 50 Yuan up to 300 Yuan shall be paid. If property partition is involved, and the total amount of properties does not exceed 200,000 Yuan, no additional fee shall be paid; for the part more than 200,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.5%.
2. For each case on injury to the right to name, the right to portrait, the right to reputation, the right to honor or other right to personality, 100 Yuan up to 500 Yuan shall be paid. If compensation for damage is involved, and the compensation amount is not more than 50,000 Yuan, no additional fee shall be paid; for the part of more than 50,000 Yuan up to 100,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1%; for the part of more than 100,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.5%.
3. For each other non-property case, 50 Yuan up to 100 Yuan shall be paid.
(3) For each civil case on intellectual property right, if there is no disputed amount or price, 500 Yuan up to 1000 Yuan shall be paid; if there is any disputed amount or price, the fee shall be paid at the rate for property cases.
(4) For each labor dispute case, 10 Yuan shall be paid.
(5) For administrative cases, the fees shall be paid at the following rates:
1. For each trademark, patent, or maritime administrative case, 100 Yuan shall be paid;
2. For each administrative case of any other kind, 50 Yuan shall be paid.
(6) Where the party concerned puts forward an objection to the jurisdiction over the case, but the objection is not tenable, 50 Yuan up to 100 Yuan shall be paid.
The people's government of each province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government may, in light of the local actual situation, formulate specific rates within the range prescribed in Item (2), (3) and (6) of the present Article.
Article 14 The application fees shall be paid separately at the following rates:
(1) When lawfully applying to the people's court for enforcement of a judgment, ruling or letter of mediation of the people's court which has become legally effective, an award or letter of mediation lawfully made by an arbitration institution, a credit document which the public notarial organ grants with force of compulsory enforcement, or applying for acknowledgement or enforcement of a foreign court's judgment or ruling or a foreign arbitration institution's award, the party concerned shall pay the fee at the following rates:
1. If there is no enforceable amount or price, 50 Yuan up to 500 Yuan shall be paid for each case.
2. If the enforceable amount or price is not more than 10,000 Yuan, 50 Yuan shall be paid for each case; for the part of more than 10,000 Yuan up to 500,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1.5%; for the part of more than 500,000 Yuan up to 5 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1%; for the part of more than 5 million Yuan up to 10 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.5%; for the part of more than 10 million Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.1%.
3. If an obligee who conforms to Paragraph 4 of Article 55 of the Civil Litigation Law but has not been registered brings a lawsuit with the people's court, he shall pay the application fee at the rate prescribed in the present Article, instead of paying the case acceptance fee.
(2) When applying for a preservation measure, the party concerned shall pay the fee at the following rates in view of the value of the actually preserved property:
If the property amount is not more than 1,000 Yuan or does not involve any property amount, 30 Yuan shall be paid for each case; for the part of more than 1,000 Yuan up to 100,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 1%; for the part of more than 100,000 Yuan, the fee shall be paid at the rate of 0.5%. However, the expenses paid by the party concerned in applying for the preservation measure shall not exceed 5,000 Yuan.
(3) When lawfully applying for a payment warrant, the party concerned shall pay the fee at 1/3 of the property case acceptance fee rate.
(4) When lawfully applying for a public summon, the party concerned shall pay 100 Yuan for each case.
(5) When applying for the revocation of an arbitral award or affirmation of the effectiveness of an arbitration agreement, the party concerned shall pay 400 Yuan for each case.
(6) For a bankruptcy case, the fee shall be calculated at the total value of the insolvent properties, and be paid at a half of the property case acceptance fee rate, provided, however, the fee shall not exceed 300,000 Yuan.
(7) The application fees of maritime cases shall be paid at the following rates:
1. When applying for the establishment of a limitation fund for maritime claims in each case, the party concerned shall pay 1,000 Yuan up to 10,000 Yuan;
2. When applying for maritime injunction in a case, the party concerned shall pay 1,000 Yuan up to 5,000 Yuan per case;
3. When applying for the summon of a priority claim to the ship in a case, the party concerned shall pay 1,000 Yuan up to 5,000 Yuan per case;
4. When applying for maritime credit registration in a case, the party concerned shall pay 1,000 Yuan per case;
5. When applying for general average adjustment in a case, the party concerned shall pay 1,000 Yuan per case.
Article 15 Where a case is finalized by way of mediation or the party concerned applies for withdrawing the lawsuit, the case acceptance fee shall be paid at half the rate.
Article 16 For the cases to which summery procedures are applied, the case acceptance fee shall be paid at half the rate.
Article 17 Whoever appeals in a property case shall pay the case acceptance fee at the amount in the appellate claim on the part which he is dissatisfied with the judgment of the first instance.
Article 18 Where a defendant files a counterclaim, and meanwhile a third person with an independent claim files a litigation claim relevant to the present case, and the people's court decides to try them together, the case acceptance fees shall be paid at half the rates.
Article 19 For a post-final retrial case in which the case acceptance fee needs to be paid in accordance with Article 9 of the present Measures, the case acceptance fee shall be paid at the value claimed in the post-final retrial for the dissatisfied part in the original judgment.
    Chapter IV Payment and Refunding of Litigation Costs
Article 20 The case acceptance fee shall be prepaid by the plaintiff, the third person with an independent claim, or the appellant. Where the defendant files a counterclaim, and is required by the present Measures to pay the case acceptance fee, the fee shall be prepaid by the defendant. For the cases on exercising recourse of labor remuneration, no case acceptance fee needs to be prepaid.
The application fee shall be prepaid by the applicant. However, the application fees prescribed in Items (1) and (6) of Article 10 of the present Measures shall not be prepaid by the applicant. The enforcement application fee shall be paid after the enforcement, and the bankruptcy application fee shall be paid after the liquidation.
The expenses prescribed in Article 11 of the present Measures shall be paid after they have occurred.
Article 21 Where a party concerned modifies the amount in his litigation claim during the litigation, the case acceptance fee shall be handled according to the following provisions:
(1) If the party concerned increases the amount in his litigation claim, the said fee shall be calculated and made up at the increased value of the litigation claim;
(2) If the party concerned proposes reducing the value of the litigation claim before the court investigation is finalized, the said fee shall be calculated and refunded at the amount in the litigation claim after reduction.
Article 22 A plaintiff shall, within 7 days as of the next day following receipt of the people's court's notice on payment of litigation costs, pay the case acceptance fee; in a counterclaim case, the party that files the counterclaim shall, within 7 days as of the next day following the filing of the counterclaim, pay the case acceptance fee.
The acceptance fee of an appellate case shall be prepaid by the appellant when he submits the appeal to the people's court. If both parties appeal, they shall prepay the fee respectively. If the appellant fails to prepay the litigation costs within the term of appeal, the people's court shall notify him to prepay such costs within 7 days.
The application fee shall be prepaid by the applicant when he files the application or within the time limit specified by the people's court.
Where a party concerned fails to pay its litigation costs within the time limit and does not apply for judicial relief, or does not get the approval even if having applied for judicial relief, and fails to pay the litigation costs within the time limit specified by the people's court, it shall be dealt with by the people's court in accordance with the relevant provisions.
Article 23 For a post-final retrial case in which the case acceptance fee shall be paid in accordance with Article 9 of the present Measures, it shall be prepaid by the party that applies for post-final retrial. If both parties apply for post-final retrial, they shall prepay the fees separately.
Article 24 For a case transferred or handed over in accordance with Article 36, 37, 38 or 39 of the Civil Litigation Law, the people's court that originally accepts the case shall hand over the litigation costs prepaid by the party concerned along with the case to the people's court that receives the case.
Article 25 Where a people's court finds in the trial of a civil case that any crime is suspected to be involved, and transfers the case to the relevant department for handling, the case acceptance fee paid by the party concerned shall be refunded; if the civil case needs to continue to be tried after being transferred, the case acceptance fee paid by the party concerned shall not be refunded.
Article 26 For a case on the suspension of the lawsuit or suspension of enforcement, the paid case acceptance fee and application fee shall not be refunded. If, due to elimination of the cause of suspension of the lawsuit or suspension of enforcement, the lawsuit or enforcement is resumed, no more case acceptance fee or application fee needs to be paid.
Article 27 Where a people's court of the second instance decides to remand the case for retrial, it shall refund the case acceptance fee of the second instance which the appellant has paid.
Where a people's court of the first instance rules not to accept the case or rules to reject the lawsuit, it shall refund the case acceptance fee which the party concerned has paid. If the party concerned appeals regarding the ruling rendered by the people's court of the first instance on not accepting the case or on rejecting the lawsuit, and the people's court of the second instance sustains the ruling of the people's court of the first instance, the people's court of the first instance shall refund the case acceptance fee that the party concerned has paid.
Article 28 For a case in which the lawsuit is finalized in accordance with Article 137 of the Civil Litigation Law, the case acceptance fee paid in accordance with the present Measures shall not be refunded.
          Chapter V Bearing of Litigation Costs
Article 29 The litigation costs shall be borne by the party that loses the lawsuit, unless the party that wins the lawsuit bears the costs at his free will.
Where the party concerned partially wins the lawsuit and partially loses it, the people's court may, at its discretion, decide on the amounts of litigation costs to be borne by the parties respectively.

Where the parties to a joint lawsuit lose the lawsuit, the people's court shall, on the basis of the interest relationship with the object of lawsuit, decides on the amounts of litigation costs to be borne by the parties respectively.
Article 30 Where a people's court of the second instance changes the judgment or ruling made by the people's court of the first instance, the decision of the people's court of the first instance on bearing the litigation costs shall be modified accordingly.
Article 31 For a case in which an agreement is reached through mediation of the people's court, the litigation costs shall be borne through negotiation between both parties; if the negotiation fails, it shall be decided by the people's court.
Article 32 For a post-final retrial case in which the case acceptance fee shall be paid in accordance with Items (1) and (2) of Article 9 of the present Measures, the litigation costs shall be borne by the party concerned that applies for post-final retrial; if both parties apply for post-final retrial, the litigation costs shall be borne in accordance with Article 29 of the present Measures. The bearing of the litigation costs in the first instance shall be determined by the people's court in light of the principle of bearing litigation costs.
Article 33 The litigation costs of a divorce case shall be borne by both parties through negotiation; if the negotiation fails, it shall be decided by the people's court.
Article 34 Where the plaintiff or the appellant of a civil case applies for withdrawing the lawsuit, and the people's court rules to permits the withdrawal, the case acceptance fee shall be borne by the plaintiff or the appellant.

Where the defendant in an administrative case changes or revokes a specific administrative act, the plaintiff applies for withdrawing the lawsuit, and the people's court rules to permit the withdrawal, the case acceptance fee shall be borne by the defendant.
Article 35 Where a party concerned proposes reducing the amount in the litigation claim after the court investigation is finalized, the case acceptance fee for the reduced amount shall be borne by the party that modifies the litigation claim.
Article 36 Where a debtor does not put forward any objection to the procedures for urging the clearance of debts, the application fee shall be borne by the debtor. If the debtor's objection to the procedures for urging the clearance of debts causes the procedures for urging the clearance of debts to be finalized, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant; if the applicant brings a lawsuit separately, it may include the application fee in the litigation claim.
Article 37 The application fee in a public summon shall be borne by the applicant.
Article 38 The application fee prescribed in Items (1) and (8) of Article 10 of the present Measures shall be borne by the party subject to enforcement.

Where the parties concerned reach a reconciliation agreement during the enforcement, the application fee shall be borne by them through negotiation; if the negotiation fails, it shall be decided by the people's court.

The application fee prescribed in Item (2) of Article 10 of the present Measures shall be borne by the applicant, and may, if the applicant brings a lawsuit, be covered by the litigation claim.

The application fee prescribed in Item (5) of Article 10 of the present Measures shall be borne according to the decision made by the people's court in accordance with Article 29 of the present Measures.
Article 39 The relevant litigation costs in a maritime case shall be borne in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If an applicant applies for maritime claim preservation or maritime injunction before bringing the lawsuit, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant; if the applicant brings a lawsuit regarding the relevant maritime claim, he may include the aforesaid fee into the litigation claim;
(2) If an applicant applies for preservation of maritime evidence before bringing the lawsuit, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant;
(3) The reasonable expenses incurred to an applicant from auctioning or selling off the distrained ship, ship cargo, ship fuel, or materials for the ship during the litigation shall be prepaid by the applicant, and after the said expenses are deducted from the price obtained from the auction or selling-off, the balance shall be refunded to the applicant;
(4) If an applicant applies for the establishment of a limitation fund for maritime claims, registration of credit rights and compensation, or summon of a priority claim to the ship case, the application fee shall be borne by the applicant; and
(5) The expenses for announcing the establishment of a limitation fund for maritime claims or announcing summon of a priority claim in the ship procedures shall be borne by the applicant.
Article 40 Where a party concerned fails to provide evidence within the time limit due to any reason attributable to himself, and provides new evidence during the second instance or the post-final retrial, thus causing the litigation costs to increase, the increased litigation costs shall be borne by the party concerned.
Article 41 The announcement fee for trying a case pursuant to the special procedures shall be borne by the plaintiff or the applicant.
Article 42 Where a party concerned applies to the people's court for bankruptcy according to law, the litigation costs shall be allotted from the bankruptcy properties in accordance with relevant legal provisions.
Article 43 A party concerned shall not appeal only regarding the decision made by the people's court on litigation costs.

Where a party concerned has any objection to the decision made by the people's court on litigation costs, it may apply to the people's court that makes the decision for review. The review decision shall be made within 15 days as of receipt of the application from the party concerned.

Where a party concerned has any objection to the calculation of the litigation costs as described in the decision of the people's court, he may request the people's court that makes the decision for review. If there is really any error in the calculation, the people's court that makes the decision shall correct it.
Chapter VI Judicial Relief
Article 44 Where a party concerned really has difficulties in paying litigation costs, it may, in accordance with the present Measures, apply to the people's court for the judicial relief of postponement, reduction or exemption of the litigation costs.

The exemption of litigation costs may only apply to natural persons.
Article 45 Where a party concerned applies for judicial relief and is under any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall permit the exemption of the litigation costs:
(1) He is a disabled and has no fixed source of living;
(2) He exercises recourse of estovers, maintenance expenses, fosterage expenses, or pensions;
(3) He is a person depending on minimum living security, regular relief for particular poor people in rural areas, supports to rural “five-guarantee” households, or unemployment insurance, and has no other income;
(4) He requires compensation because he sacrificed his own rights and interests to protect the public interest, or his close relatives who require such compensation; and
(5) Other circumstances under which the fee really needs to be exempted.
Article 46 Where the party who applies for judicial relief is under any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall permit the reduction of litigation costs:
(1) He lives a difficult life due to a natural disaster or other force majeure, and is accepting social relief, or is hard to continue his family production and operation;
(2) He is a person under preferential pension treatments or under resettlement as prescribed by the state;
(3) The party is a social welfare institution or relief station; and
(4) Other circumstances under which the litigation costs really need to be reduced.

Where the people's court permits reduction of the litigation costs, the proportion of the reduced costs shall not be lower than 30%.
Article 47 Where the party who applies for judicial relief is under any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall permit the postponement of the litigation costs:
(1) He is exercising recourse of social insurance funds or economic compensation;
(2) He is an aggrieved party in a marine accident, traffic accident, medical treatment accident, work-related injury accident, product quality accident or other personal injury accident and claims for compensation;
(3) He is accepting legal aid of the relevant department; and
(4) Other circumstances under which postponement is really needed.
Article 48 Where a party concerned applies for judicial relief, he shall, when bringing the lawsuit or appealing, submit the written application, the proof materials which are sufficient to prove he really has economic difficulties, and other relevant proof materials.

Where a party concerned applies for exemption or reduction of litigation costs due to living difficulties or recourse of basic living expenses, he shall, in addition, provide the proof affirming that the economic conditions of himself and his family meet the standards prescribes by the local civil affairs department labor security department, etc. on citizens' economic difficulties.

Where the people's court disapproves the application of the party concerned for judicial relief, it shall explain the reason to the party concerned in writing.
Article 49 Where a party's application for postponement of litigation costs is found from examination to conform to Article 47 of the present Measures, the people's court shall, before deciding to put the case on file, make a decision on permitting the postponement.
Article 50 Where a people's court provides judicial relief to one party, and the other party loses the lawsuit, the litigation costs shall be borne by the other party; if the other party wins the lawsuit, the litigation costs may be reduced or exempted in light of the economic conditions of the party applying for judicial relief.
Article 51 Where a people's court permits reduction or exemption of the litigation costs to be paid by the party concerned, it shall describe it in the legal documents.
Chapter VII Administration and Supervision of Litigation Costs
Article 52 The bylaws on payment and collection of litigation costs shall be announced to the general public. The people's courts shall, when charging litigation costs, use, on the basis of its public finance subordination, the public finance vouchers printed and made by the public finance department of the State Council or the public finance department of the people's government at the provincial level. The case acceptance fees and application fees shall be fully turned over to the treasury, be included into the budget, and be under separate management of expenditures and incomes.

A people's court shall, when charging litigation costs, issue a payment voucher to the party concerned, and the party concerned shall bring the payment voucher to the designated agency bank to pay the costs. If any cost shall be refunded to a party concerned according to law, the people's court shall handle the matter in accordance with the relevant provisions. The specific measures on turning in the litigation costs to the treasury and on refunding the litigation costs shall be separately formulated by the public finance department of the State Council in consultation with the Supreme People's Court.

In remote areas, on-water areas, and areas where the traffic is inconvenient, the grassroots circuit courts shall try cases on the spot. If the party concerned shows that he really has difficulties in paying litigation costs to the designated agency bank, the grassroots circuit court may collect the litigation costs on the spot, and issue to the party concerned a public finance voucher printed and made by the public finance department of the people's government at the provincial level; if the court fails to issue a public finance voucher printed and made the public finance department of the people's government at the provincial level, the party concerned shall have right to refuse to make the payment.
Article 53 After a case is finalized, the people's court shall notify the party concerned in writing of the detailed list of the litigation costs and the bearable amounts of the parties concerned, and shall meanwhile state the bearable amount of each party in the judgment, ruling or letter of mediation.

Where the litigation costs need to be refunded to any party concerned, the people's court shall do so within 15 days as of effectiveness of the legal document.
Article 54 The price administrative department, and the public finance department shall, upon division of their duties on fee charge administration, administer and supervise the litigation costs; and shall, in accordance with the laws, regulations and the State Council's relevant provisions, investigate and punish the acts of indiscriminately charged fees in violation of the present Measures.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 55 Litigation costs shall be calculated in Renminbi. If they are calculated in a foreign currency, they shall be converted into Renminbi at the exchange rate published by the state on the date when the people's court decides to accept the case; the litigation costs of an appellate case or a case on applying for post-final retrial shall be converted at the exchange rate published by the state on the date when the people's court of the first instance decides to accept the case.
Article 56 The present Measures shall come into force on April 1, 2007.