人民法院审理的刑事案件按性质可分为公诉案件与自诉案件。我国刑事诉讼法第一百二十五条规定:“人民法院审理公诉案件,应当在受理后一个月内宣判,至迟不得超过一个半月。”人民法院审理自诉案件的审判期限法律则没有明文规定。那末,我国自诉刑事案件究竟有无审判期限?如果有,审判期限是多少?如果没有,法律为何不作规定?明确这一问题,无论是在理论上或是实践中都有重要意义。 Criminal cases handled by people’s courts can be divided into public prosecution cases and private prosecution cases by their nature. Article 125 of China’s Criminal Procedure Law stipulates: “People’s courts shall handle the trial of public prosecution within one month after acceptance, and no later than one and a half months.” There is no express provision in the people’s court’s law on the trial of private prosecution cases . So, whether there is no trial period in our country’s criminal prosecution of private prosecution? If so, what is the trial period? If not, why does not the law make the regulation? Clearly, this issue is of great significance both in theory and in practice.