| 1. | Article 152 cases of first instance in a people ' s court shall be heard in public
第一百五十二条人民法院审判第一审案件应当公开进行。 |
| 2. | Article 21 except for cases otherwise provided for by laws or decrees ， a basic people ' s court adjudicates criminal and civil cases of first instance
第二十一条基层人民法院审判刑事和民事的第一审案件，但是法律、法令另有规定的案件除外。 |
| 3. | Article 17 if a local people ' s procuratorate discovers any error in a judgment or order of a people ' s court at the corresponding level in a case of first instance , it shall lodge a protest in accordance with the procedure of appeal
第十七条地方各级人民检察院对于本级人民法院第一审案件的判决和裁定，认为有错误时，应当按照上诉程序提出抗诉。 |
| 4. | Article 200 a case of first instance where an intermediate people ' s court has imposed a death sentence and the defendant does not appeal shall be reviewed by a higher people ' s court and submitted to the supreme people ' s court for approval
第二百条中级人民法院判处死刑的第一审案件，被告人不上诉的，应当由高级人民法院复核后，报请最高人民法院核准。 |
| 5. | Trials of cases of first instance in the higher people ' s courts or the supreme people ' s court shall be conducted by a collegial panel composed of three to seven judges or of judges and people ' s assessors totalling three to seven
高级人民法院、最高人民法院审判第一审案件，应当由审判员三人至七人或者由审判员和人民陪审员共三人至七人组成合议庭进行。 |
| 6. | Cases of first instance where a higher people ' s court has imposed a death sentence and the defendant does not appeal , and cases of second instance where a death sentence has been imposed shall all be submitted to the supreme people ' s court for approval
高级人民法院判处死刑的第一审案件被告人不上诉的，和判处死刑的第二审案件，都应当报请最高人民法院核准。 |
