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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 Part 2 Section 3 Part 2 Amendment to Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) 3. Section 3AA added

After section 3—
 * Add
 * “3AA. References to upholding Basic Law and bearing allegiance to HKSAR
 * (1) For the purposes of an Ordinance, a person upholds the Basic Law and bears allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China if the person—
 * (a) upholds the constitutional order of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established by the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law;
 * (b) upholds the national sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and national security of the People’s Republic of China;
 * (c) upholds—
 * (i) the fact that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China;
 * (ii) the People’s Republic of China’s exercise of sovereignty over the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and