Article 31 The receiving unit shall report foreigners entering local natural reserves to the responsible administrative section of the natural reserves of the people's government of the province, municipality or autonomous region. Upon entering national natural reserves, the receiving unit shall report to the responsible administrative section of the natural reserves of the people's government of the State Council.
Foreigners entering natural reserves shall abide by the laws, regulations and rules of the natural reserves.
Article 32 In the core and buffer zones of the natural reserves, the manufacture of constructions is forbidden. In the experimental zone of the natural reserves, the manufacture of constructions, which may pollute or damage the environment, is also forbidden. No facility construction is permitted that discharges pollutants surpassing the national or local set standards. The facilities that have been established in the experimental zone of the natural reserves with discharges surpassing the national or local set standards shall be restrained; the ones that have caused loses shall provide compensation.
Projects constructed in the outer protection zone of the natural reserves shall not have a negative impact on the quality of the environment of the natural reserves. Projects that have already caused a negative impact shall mend their ways within a given time limit.
The decision to reform shall be made by certain bureaus according to laws and regulations; enterprises in need of reform shall complete the task on time.
Article 33 An individual or agency that has polluted or damaged, or may pollute or damage, natural reserves due to an accident or other unexpected incidents, shall carry out measures to: resolve the problem, inform the residents or units that may be harmed, report to management and the responsible sections of the local natural reserves and the environmental protection unit, and accept an investigation and a punishment.
Chapter IV Legal Responsibility
Article 34 An individual or agency that has violated a regulation in one of the following situations shall amend their behavior in accordance with the enforcement of the administrative section of the natural reserves. A fine of RMB 100-5,000, depending on the situation, could also be imposed.
Moving or destroying landmarks of natural reserves without permission
Entering natural reserves without permission or disobeying the working staff.
An individual or agency permitted to conduct activities such as scientific research, teaching and specimen collecting in the buffer zone of the natural reserves but has failed to submit a copy of the achievement record to the administrative section of the natural reserves.
Article 35 Apart from being punished, an individual or agency that conducts activities in violation of the regulation -- such as felling, grazing, hunting, fishing, herb collecting, cultivating, burning grass on waste land, mining, stone collecting and sand digging can be seized, forced to stop the illegal activities, asked to restore the natural reserves in a given time or provide compensation. A fine of RMB 300-10,000 can also be imposed for damaging the reserves.
Article 36 A natural reserves administrator who refuses to coordinate the supervision of the responsible section of the environmental protection or relevant responsible natural reserves section, or engages in fraud during the supervision can be fined RMB 300-3,000 by the responsible environmental protection section of the people's government above a county level or the relevant responsible natural reserves section.
Article 37 An administrative section of the natural reserves that violates the regulation in one of the following situations shall be dealt with in accordance with the responsible environmental protection section of the people's government above county level. The person directly responsible shall be punished accordingly by the unit in charge.
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