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HONG KONG REUNIFICATION The Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, exercising powers delegated to it by the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, established the Provisional Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by resolution passed on 24 March 1996, inter alia, for the purpose of considering and passing legislation particularly in anticipation of the reunification and during the transition period immediately before and immediately after that event and for the proper administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region including the confirmation of anticipatory acts done prior to 1 July 1997;

The National People’s Congress, in exercising its powers under Article 160 of the Basic Law on 23 February 1997, resolved which of the laws previously in force in Hong Kong are to be adopted as the valid laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the principles on which those laws should be construed and adapted;

It is necessary to confirm certain acts, in particular the acts referred to in the long title to this Ordinance, done before the reunification and resumption of the exercise of sovereignty by the People’s Republic of China as valid acts, to provide for the continuation of the administration of justice and the public service and to provide for associated matters to ensure the continuity of the social order of Hong Kong,

this Ordinance is enacted by the Provisional Legislative Council. PART I '''1. Short title'''

This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Reunification Ordinance.

2. Interpretation

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Basic Law” (《基本法》) means the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;

“HKSAR” (特區) means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;

“Provisional Legislative Council” (臨時立法會) means the Provisional Legislative Council of the HKSAR;