Guaranty Law of the People's Republic of China 1995-06-30 Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 50 The Guaranty Law of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on June 30, 1995, is hereby promulgated and shall enter into force as of October 1, 1995. Jiang Zemin President of the People's Republic of China June 30, 1995 Content Chapter 1 General Provisions Chapter 2 Suretyship Section 1 Suretyship and Surety Section 2 Suretyship Contract and Modes of Suretyship Section 3 Suretyship Liability Chapter 3 Mortgage Section 1 Mortgage and Mortgaged Property Section 2 Mortgage Contract and Registration of Mortgaged Property Section 3 Effect of Mortgage Section 4 Enforcement of Mortgage Right Section 5 Mortgage of Maximum Amount Chapter 4 Pledge Section 1 Pledge of Movables Section 2 Pledge of Rights Chapter 5 Lien Chapter 6 Deposit Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 This Law is enacted with a view to promoting the accommodation of funds and the circulation of commodities, ensuring the enforcement of creditor's rights and developing the socialist market economy.
Article 2 This Law is enacted with a view to promoting the accommodation of funds and the circulation of commodities, ensuring the enforcement of creditor's rights and developing the socialist market economy. Article 3 In guaranty activities, the principles of equality, voluntariness, fairness, honesty and credibility shall be observed. Article 4 Where a third party provides a guaranty to creditor for a debtor, the third party may require the debtor to provide him with a counter-guaranty. The provisions on guaranty in this Law shall apply to the counter-guaranty. Article 5 A guaranty contract is an ancillary contract of the principal contract. If the principal contract is null and void, the guaranty contract shall be null and void, accordingly. Where it is otherwise agreed in the guaranty contract, such agreement shall prevail. If a guaranty contract is determined to be null and void, the debtor, the guarantor or the creditor who is in default shall bear civil liability according to their respective fault.
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