Land Management Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 70

The land administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in the supervision and inspection work, find illegal acts of state functionaries that should be given administrative sanctions according to law, and shall deal with them according to law; If it has no right to deal with it, it shall put forward suggestions on administrative punishment to the administrative supervision organs of the people's government at the same level or at a higher level, and the relevant administrative supervision organs shall deal with it according to law.

Article 71

If the land administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level find that illegal land activities constitute a crime in the supervision and inspection work, they shall transfer the case to the relevant authorities and pursue criminal responsibility according to law; If it does not constitute a crime, it shall be given administrative punishment according to law.

Article 72

In accordance with the provisions of this law, administrative punishment should be given. If the relevant land administrative departments do not give administrative punishment, the land administrative departments of the people's governments at higher levels have the right to order the relevant land administrative departments to make administrative punishment decisions or give administrative punishment directly, and give administrative sanctions to the responsible persons of the relevant land administrative departments.

Article 78

Units or individuals that have no right to approve the expropriation and use of land illegally approve the occupation of land, illegally approve the occupation of land beyond the approval authority, fail to approve the use of land in accordance with the overall land use plan, or approve the occupation and expropriation of land in violation of the procedures prescribed by law, the approval documents are invalid, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel who illegally approve the expropriation and use of land shall be given administrative sanctions according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. The land illegally approved for use shall be recovered, and if the parties refuse to return it, it shall be punished as illegal occupation of land.

Whoever illegally approves the requisition or use of land and causes losses to the parties concerned shall be liable for compensation according to law.