Principles of due diligence, exemption, dereliction of duty and accountability

Legal analysis: It means that legal authority and responsibility are transformed into work authority and responsibility in practical work, which requires safety supervisors to perform well. In accident investigation, it is often traced that some people did not follow the deployment plan and arrangement scheme of safety production, so that they were found to have violated the duties or authority of safety supervision.

Legal basis: Article 397 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). State functionaries who abuse their powers or neglect their duties, thus causing heavy losses to public property and the interests of the state and the people, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.

Any functionary of a state organ who engages in malpractices for personal gain and commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.