Article 48

Where a party refuses to accept the decision on an administrative sanction, the party may, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the notice of the decision on punishment, apply for reconsideration to the organ at the next higher level than the organ that made the decision on punishment; the party also may, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the notice of the decision on punishment, directly file a suit with a people's court.

The reconsideration organ shall, within sixty days from the date of receiving the application for reconsideration, make a reconsideration decision. Where a party is not satisfied with the reconsideration decision, the party may, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the reconsideration decision, file a suit with a people's court. Where the reconsideration organ fails to make a reconsideration decision within the time limit for reconsideration, the party concerned may, within fifteen days from the date of the expiration of the time limit for reconsideration, file a suit with a people's court.

Where a party has neither applied for reconsideration nor filed a suit with a people's court within the time limit, nor executed the decision on punishment, the organ that made the decision on punishment may apply to a people's court for compulsory execution.