Order of the Central Executive Committee No. 4
(June 9, 1932)

The "Provisional Regulations on the Organization and Adjudication of the Adjudication Department" are provisional regulations for organizing temporary judicial organs and handling litigation matters before the establishment of courts. These regulations shall take effect in Jiangxi and Fujian provinces and the directly-administered county of Ruijin from June 15, 1932. In other Soviet areas not yet integrated with the Central Soviet Area, they shall take effect from the date of receipt of this document. Upon receiving this order and the said regulations, the adjudication departments of all provinces and directly-administered counties shall immediately comply and implement them. This order is hereby issued.

To the adjudication departments of all provinces and directly-administered counties

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee: Mao Zedong
Vice-Chairmen: Xiang Ying, Zhang Guotao