Section 3 Official Organ, Institution and Social Organization as Legal Person
第三章 法人 第三节 机关、事业单位和社会团体法人
Article 50 An independently funded official organ shall be qualified as a legal person on the day it is established.
第五十条 有独立经费的机关从成立之日起,具有法人资格。
If according to law an institution or social organization having the qualifications of a legal person needs not go through the procedures for registering as a legal person, it shall be qualified as a legal person on the day it is established; if according to law it does need to go through the registration procedures, it shall be qualified as a legal person after being approved and registered.
具备法人条件的事业单位、社会团体,依法不需要办理法人登记的,从成立之日起,具有法人资格;依法需要办理法人登记的,经核准登记,取得法人资格。