Is it a violation of property rights for teachers to confiscate students' things?

The school's behavior is an act of ignoring students' property rights, which is illegal.

Article 75 of General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that citizens' lawful property is protected by law, and it is forbidden for any organization or individual to occupy, plunder, open chest or illegally seal up, detain, freeze or confiscate it.

In order to maintain normal teaching order, schools usually take some management measures. Some schools will search students' personal belongings or temporarily detain students' mobile phones and game machines. In some schools, teachers even impose fines on students. In the eyes of some teachers, this is a normal way of management. In fact, this behavior infringes on students' property rights.

First, schools have no right to confiscate or temporarily detain students' belongings.

Confiscation and seizure of property belong to the category of administrative punishment, and schools as educational institutions obviously do not have such rights. The implementation of administrative punishment measures must have the corresponding subject qualification. According to the "Administrative Punishment Law" promulgated by China 1996, there are three categories of subjects who enjoy the power of administrative punishment:

1. An administrative organ that enjoys the power of administrative punishment according to law. Article 15 of China's Administrative Punishment Law stipulates: "Administrative punishment shall be implemented by administrative organs with the power of administrative punishment within the scope of statutory functions and powers."

2. Organizations authorized by laws and regulations. Article 17 of the Administrative Punishment Law stipulates: "Organizations authorized by laws and regulations with the function of managing public affairs may impose administrative penalties within the scope of legal authorization."

3. Organizations entrusted by administrative organs. Article 18 of the Administrative Punishment Law stipulates: "In accordance with the provisions of laws, regulations or rules, organizations that meet the conditions stipulated in Article 19 of this Law may be entrusted to impose administrative punishment within their statutory authority. The administrative organ shall not entrust other organizations or individuals to implement administrative punishment. The entrusting administrative organ is responsible for supervising the administrative punishment behavior of the entrusted organization and bearing legal responsibility for the consequences of this behavior. The entrusted organization implements administrative punishment in the name of the entrusted administrative organ within the scope of entrustment; No other organization or individual may be entrusted to implement administrative punishment. " Article 19 of the law stipulates: "The entrusted organization must meet the following conditions: (1) a legally established institution for managing public affairs; (2) Having staff who are familiar with relevant laws, regulations, rules and business; (3) If it is necessary to conduct technical inspection or technical appraisal for illegal acts, it may organize corresponding technical inspection or technical appraisal. "

Second, the legal remedies for the infringement of students' property rights by schools.

Personal rights and property rights are two basic rights of citizens. There is no doubt that students enjoy legal property rights to personal items such as mobile phones, and no organization or individual can arbitrarily deprive them. For acts such as confiscation, withholding, destruction of students' property and fines, students can seek legal relief according to China's education law. Paragraph 4 of Article 42 of the Law stipulates: "Educated people have the following rights: if they are dissatisfied with the punishment given by the school, they can appeal to the relevant departments; If a school or teacher infringes on his personal rights, property rights and other legitimate rights and interests, he may lodge a complaint or bring a lawsuit according to law. "

1. Complaint refers to the system in which citizens lodge a complaint with the relevant authorities for reasons and request review and handling when their legitimate rights and interests are damaged. Specifically, students can raise the issue of infringement of their property rights by schools or teachers to the higher authorities of schools, namely the Education Bureau.

2. Litigation is another remedy. Students can request the court to order the school to return the property through litigation. If a student's property is lost or damaged due to confiscation or sealing up, he may ask the school for compensation.

There is no conflict between appeal and litigation, that is, if a student's property right is infringed by a school or a teacher, he can choose one or both parties to seek legal relief.

Third, how to solve the contradiction between school management and students' property rights.

On the one hand, the original intention of the school to confiscate or temporarily detain students' property is out of the need of management, and students' use of mobile phones in class will indeed have a certain impact on the teaching order. As some teachers said: "When a phone call comes in class, the whole class will be affected;" When the teacher is in class on the podium, he finds that the students are texting below, saying no, not saying no, and the atmosphere of the lecture will be destroyed. "On the other hand, as the personal property of students, mobile phones should of course be protected by law. As a modern and popular communication tool, mobile phone is gradually becoming an important tool for parents to keep in touch with their children. Therefore, schools should try to avoid using rough management methods in teaching management, and should solve the contradiction between school management rights and students' property rights in strict accordance with the law. For example, in the case of prohibiting students from using mobile phones, schools can completely return their mobile phones to their parents instead of simply confiscating or detaining them.