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TO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1058 OF 26 JULY,
INFO PEKING.
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27 JUL 1979
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PEKING TELNO.639: NEW TERRITORIES LEASES.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL AS REQUESTED IN PARA.2 OF PEKING'S TEL UNDER REF AND AS WE HAVE
IT HERE. TEXT BEGINS:
HER MAJESTY, BY VIRTUE AND IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS IN THAT
BEHALF IN HER MAJESTY VESTED, IS PLEASED, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE
OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, TO ORDER AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, AS
FOLLOWS.
CITATION AND INTERPRETATION:
1 (1 THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (NEW TERRITORIES)
ORDER 1979.
2) THE INTERPRETATION ACT 1978 SHALL APPLY, WITH THE NECESSARY
ADAPTATIONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERPRETING THIS ORDER AND
OTHERWISE IN RELATION THERETO AS IT APPLIES FOR THE PURPOSE
OF INTERPRETING AND IN RELATION TO ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.
POWER TO GRANT INDETERMINATE LEASES.
2(1) THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG SHALL HAVE POWER TO GRANT A LEASE
OF ANY LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THAT MAY BE GRANTED BY HER
MAJESTY WITHOUT SPECIFYING ANY TERM FOR THE DURATION OF THE
LEASE SEMI-COLON AND SUCH A LEASE SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED OR FORFEITED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW
APPLICABLE THERETO.
(2) THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MAY MAKE PROVISION FOR THE CONVERSION OF
EXISTING LEASES GRANTED BY HIM INTO INDETERMINATE LEASES.
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