Official Reply of the Supreme People's Court regarding Issues concerning the Jurisdiction over Harm Caused by a Property Preservation Application

· Document Number：Interpretation No. 14 [2017] of the Supreme People's Court

· Area of Law： Civil Litigation

· Level of Authority： Judicial Interpretation

· Date issued：08-01-2017

· Effective Date：08-10-2017

· Status： Effective

· Issuing Authority： Supreme People's Court

Announcement of the Supreme People's Court
The Official Reply of the Supreme People's Court regarding Issues concerning the Jurisdiction over Harm Caused by a Property Preservation Application Filed during an Action, as adopted at the 1,722nd Session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on July 17, 2017, is here by issued, and shall come into force on August 10, 2017.
Supreme People's Court
August 1, 2017
Official Reply of the Supreme People's Court regarding Issues concerning the Jurisdiction over Harm Caused by a Property Preservation Application Filed during an Action
(Interpretation No. 14 [2017] of the Supreme People's Court, adopted at the 1,722nd Session of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court on July 17, 2017, and coming into force on August 10, 2017)
The Higher People's Court of Zhejiang Province:
Your Request for Instructions on Issues concerning the Jurisdiction over Harm Caused by a Property Preservation Application Filed during an Action (No. 91 [2015], HPC, Zhejiang) has been received. Upon deliberation, the following official reply is hereby provided:
In order to facilitate the litigation of the parties, where the respondent or an interested party to property preservation granted during an action institutes an action in accordance with Article 105 of the Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China for harm caused by the property preservation application filed during that action, it shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court rendering the ruling to grant the property preservation during that action.