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The court should be the judicial organisation of the HK SAR;
49. The High Court should play the role of explaining the basic law and monitoring
the implementation of the basic law;
50. The Court of Appeal should be the final court in HK;
51. Source of HK laws should come from the municipal council, previous judicial
precedence and the common law;
52. The judiciary should be independent;
53. A judge should get life appointment if he has done his work well;
54. In defence and diplomatic dealings, the HK SAR should follow the legal
policy of the People's Republic of China;
55. The HK SAR should enjoy a high degree of autonomy in drawing up and
administering the local political, economic, legal and related social systems;
56. The standing committee of the NPC should explain and monitor the actual
implementation of the basic law, while the High Court of the HK SAR would explain and monitor the implementation of the legal aspect of the basic law;
57. The mayor of the HK SAR should be the ex-officio member of the NPC of
the People's Republic of China;
58. The municipal council has the power to amend the basic law;
59. The passage of any amendments to the basic law requiries a two-third votes in
the municipal council; and
60. The amendments will be effective only after they have been ratified by the
NPC.
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