CHAPTER FIVE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES

第五章 法律责任

Article 40 Any one who violates the rules of this law and has one of the following conducts, shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit; those who do not make the corrections after the time limit, shall be ordered to stop construction, stop use of things concerned or stop production or business, and may be punished with penalty simultaneously:

第四十条 违反本法的规定，有下列行为之一的，责令限期改正；逾期不改正的，责令停止施工、停止使用或者停产停业，可以并外罚款：

(I) Those who start construction when the fire control design of the construction projects have not be reviewed and approved or be considered disqualified after the review and examination by relevant public security fire control institutions.

（一）建筑工程的消防设计未经公安消防机构审核或者审核不合格，擅自施工的；

(II) Those who make arbitrary use of a completed construction project which should conduct fire control design in accordance with law but has not passed or fail to pass the fire control acceptance check;

（二）依法应当进行消防设计的建筑工程竣工时未经消防验收或者经验收不合格，擅自使用的；

(III) Those who arbitrarily make use of or start business in places where the public gather without going through fire control safety check or fail to pass the qualification check;

（三）公众聚集的场所未经消防安全检查或者经检查不合格，擅自使用或者开业的。

(IV) Units with conduct of this article shall be punished in accordance with rules of this article and the person in charge with direct responsibility or other personnel with direct responsibility shall be given warning or penalty.

单位有前款行为的，依照前款的规定处罚，并对其直接负责的主管人员和其他直接责任人员处警告或者罚款。

Article 41 Those who, in violation of this law, arbitrarily hold mass activities like large gatherings, fireworks evening party, lantern party with risk of fire disaster, shall be ordered to make corrections by public security fire control institutions;

第四十一条 违反本法的规定,擅自举办大型集会、焰火晚会、灯火等群众性活动，具有火灾危险的，公安消防机构应当责令当场改正；

those who can not make the corrections, shall be ordered to suspend the activities and may be imposed with penalty.

当场不能改正的，应当责令停止举办，可以并处罚款。

(V) Units with the conduct of this article shall be punished in accordance with the rules of this article, and the person in charge with direct responsibility or other personnel with direct responsibility shall be given disciplinary warning or penalty.

单位有前款行为的，依照前款的规定处罚，并对其直接的主管人员和其他直接责任人员处警告或者罚款。

Article 42 Those who, in violation of this law, arbitrarily lower technical standards on fire control in construction, us construction parts and materials not conforming the state standards or industrial standards or disqualified fitting and decoration materials during construction, shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit;

第四十二条 违反本法的规定，擅自降低消防技术标准施工、使用防火性能不符合国家标准或者行业标准的建筑构件和建筑材料或者不合格的装修、装饰材料施工的，责令限期改正；

those who do not make the corrections within the time limit, shall be ordered to stop construction, and can be imposed with penalty simultaneously.

逾期不改正的，责令停止施工，可以并处罚款。

Units with the conduct of this article, shall be punished in accordance with rules of this article; and the person in charge with direct responsibility or other personnel with direct responsibility shall be given disciplinary warning or penalty.

单位有前款行为的，依照前款的规定处罚，并对其直接负责的主管人员和其他直接责任人员处警告或者罚款。