中华人民共和国民法通则 10

第三章 法人 第三节 机关、事业单位和社会团体法人 

Section 3 Official Organ, Institution and Social Organization as Legal Person 

第五十条 有独立经费的机关从成立之日起，具有法人资格。 

Article 50 An independently funded official organ shall be qualified¹ as a legal person on the day it is established. 

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。 

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 registration² procedures, it shall be qualified as a legal person after being approved and registered.