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Article 78: Those who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, carry out the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment without first providing written notice to the department responsible for the supervision and management of special equipment safety prior to commencing work, or fail to hand over the relevant technical documents and materials to the entity that uses the special equipment within 30 days after completion, shall be ordered to make corrections within a specified time limit； If the violation is not corrected by the deadline, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed. Interpretation of the provision: This article stipulates the legal responsibilities of construction units engaged in the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment that proceed with such work without providing written notice to the department responsible for supervising and managing the safety of such equipment in advance, or that fail to hand over the relevant technical documents and materials to the entity that uses the special equipment within 30 days after completion. Article 23 of this Law stipulates the obligation of the construction units responsible for the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment to inform the department in charge of the safety supervision and management of such equipment prior to commencing work. The purpose of providing construction notifications is to enable safety supervision and management authorities to verify whether the qualifications of the construction companies carrying out the work meet the requirements for such activities, and to check whether the equipment installed is legally produced. It also allows them to stay informed about any changes to newly installed equipment or existing equipment, facilitating the scheduling of on-site inspections and tests. To facilitate the fulfillment of the obligation to provide notifications, this law stipulates that the department responsible for receiving such notifications is the department in charge of the safety supervision and management of special equipment, which is located in the municipality directly under the Central Government or the city at the prefectural level where the special equipment is situated. If the department at the county level responsible for the supervision and management of special equipment safety in the location where such equipment is used needs to be informed, the department at the municipal or district-level level that receives the notification shall promptly convey that information to the county-level department responsible for the supervision and management of special equipment safety. If a municipal government or a department responsible for the supervision and management of special equipment in a city with districts entrusts this task to a county-level department for the supervision and management of special equipment, formal delegation procedures must be followed. The safety supervision and management department shall, in accordance with regulations, publish the contents and requirements that require written notification, as well as the address at which such notifications should be sent. The technical documents related to the installation, modification, and repair of special equipment serve as proof that such activities comply with **relevant regulations. They also contain information on the safety performance parameters of various devices. These documents are just as important as the design and manufacturing documents that come with the equipment at the time of its production, and they must be handed over to the users in a timely manner to enable them to use the special equipment properly. This is an obligation that the construction units must fulfill. Article 24 of this Law stipulates that upon the completion of the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment, the construction unit responsible for such work shall transfer the relevant technical documents and materials to the entity that uses the special equipment within 30 days after the completion inspection. The acceptance here refers to the situation where the construction party has completed all tasks related to the installation, modification, and repair of special equipment in accordance with the contract terms; the project owner (including the user) and the construction party agree to conclude these installation, modification, and repair activities, and sign the relevant acceptance documents. The requirement to hand over the materials and documents within 30 days after acceptance is intended to give the construction party time to organize them. I. Illegal acts for which legal liability must be assumed There are two types of illegal acts that entail the legal liability specified in this article: 1. The act by construction units responsible for the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment of starting such work without first informing in writing the department in charge of supervising and managing the safety of special equipment under the people’s government of a municipality directly under the Central Government or a city divided into districts about the intended installation, modification, or repair work. There are various ways of providing notification, and this law stipulates that it shall be in written form, including delivery by a person, registered mail or express delivery, fax, email, etc. The specific format and requirements are established by the **General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The safety supervision and management department notified shall accept it in accordance with the prescribed requirements. 2. The act of construction units responsible for the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment failing to hand over the relevant technical documents and materials to the entities that use such equipment within 30 days after the completion acceptance. The scope and content of the relevant technical materials and documents to be transferred to the user unit are specified in the safety technical specifications. II. Forms of liability 1. Order to make corrections within a specified time limit. If law enforcement authorities discover that the offender commenced construction without providing the required written notification in accordance with regulations, or failed to hand over the relevant technical documents and materials to the user of the special equipment within 30 days after the inspection, they shall first order the offender to make corrections within a specified time frame, fulfill the obligation to provide notification, and hand over the relevant technical documents and materials. The requirement to make corrections within a specified time period, as stipulated in this article, is a preliminary procedure for administrative penalties; if the person who committed the illegal act fails to make the corrections by the deadline, then the administrative penalty procedure will be initiated. 2. Fines. For those who fail to make corrections despite the deadline, in accordance with the provisions of this article, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed on the violators.