text: UNITED NATIONS CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr. GENERAL CAT/C/SR.51 4 May 1990 3, Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Fourth session Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Friday, 27 April 1990, at 3 p.m. Chairman: Mr. VOYAME CONTENTS Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention Initial report of China (continued) This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Official Records Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Any corrections to the records of the meetings of this session will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the session. CAT/C/SR.51 pas 2 The meeting was called to order at 3.40 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION (agenda item 7) Initial renort of China (CAT/C/7/Add.5) (continued) 1. At the invitation of the Chairman, the members of the delepation of China took seats at the Committee table. 2. Mr. SHEN Jinchu (China), replying to questions concerning consistency between the Convention against Torture and national legislation, said that offences under the Convention were also regarded as offences under Chinese domestic law. When China acceded to any convention, it became binding as soon as it entered into force. China then fulfilled all its obligations, and it was not necessary to draft special laws to ensure conformity. If an international instrument was inconsistent with domestic law, the latter was brought into line with the former. Where subtle differences remained, 
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