article 1 a person, whose personal right is infringed or whose property is damaged by a criminal and suffers material loss, may file a civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings.
第一条因人身权利受到犯罪侵犯而遭受物质损失或者财物被犯罪分子毁坏而遭受物质损失的,可以提起附带民事诉讼。
because of unsoundness of interrelated legal institutions, the compensation for mental distress is a blank spot in civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings in practice.
实践中,由于相关的法律制度不健全,刑事附带民事诉讼中的精神损害赔偿还是一块空白。
the civil suit collateral to criminal proceedings, which is brought by the victim who suffers mental loss for the crime, will not be accepted by the people's court concerned.
对于被害人因犯罪行为遭受精神损失而提起附带民事诉讼的,人民法院不予受理。