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HONG KONG REUNIFICATION HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

Rh An Ordinance to confirm the Bills passed by the Provisional Legislative Council before 1 July 1997, endorse the appointment of judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the Chief Judge of the High Court, assist the interpretation on and after 1 July 1997 of laws previously in force in Hong Kong, continue those laws and confirm certain other laws, establish the High Court, the District Court, magistracies and other courts, tribunals and boards, continue legal proceedings, the criminal justice system, the administration of justice and the course of public justice on and after 1 July 1997, continue the public service on and after 1 July 1997, assist the construction of certain documents on and after 1 July 1997, transfer the ownership of certain property and rights and provide for the assumption of certain liabilities on and after 1 July 1997, in consequence of the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong by the People’s Republic of China, and for connected purposes. [1 July 1997] —

The Joint Declaration of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Question of Hong Kong signed at Beijing on 19 December 1984 records the basic policies of the People’s Republic of China regarding Hong Kong;

The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by the President of the People’s Republic of China on 4 April 1990 provides for the implementation of the basic policies of the People’s Republic of China regarding Hong Kong in its political, executive, legislative, judicial, administrative, economic and social aspects while recognizing the role of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China in defence and foreign affairs in respect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;