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DD 130100Z HONG KONG
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DESKBY 130100Z
FM FCO 121540Z DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2473 OF 12 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: DRAFT BILL
1.
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A REVISED DRAFT BILL:
BEGINS:
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HKK 04053
RECEIVER
W RECISTRY
13 DEC 1984
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
P19/12
DRAFT OF A BILL TO MAKE PROVISION FOR AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE
ENDING OF BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OVER HONG KONG.
BE IT ENACTED, ETC.
1.(1) AS FROM 1ST JULY 1997 HER MAJESTY SHALL NO LONGER HAVE
SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION OVER ANY PART OF HONG KONG.
(2) THIS SECTION SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON THE EXCHANGE OF
INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS
SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19TH DECEMBER 1984: AND NOTICE OF THE DATE
ON WHICH THOSE INSTRUMENTS ARE EXCHANGED SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE
LONDON GAZETTE.
2.(1) THIS ACT MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG ACT 1985.
(2) THE SCHEDULE TO THIS ACT SHALL HAVE EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO
THE MATTERS THERE MENTIONED, BEING MATTERS CONSEQUENTIAL ON OR
CONNECTED WITH THE PROVISION OF SECTION 1 ABOVE OR THE
DECLARATION MENTIONED IN THAT SECTION.
SCHEDULE
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISONS
PRELIMINARY
1. IN THIS SCHEDULE 'THE RELEVANT DATE' MEANS 1ST JULY 1997 AND
'ENACTMENT' MEANS ANY PROVISION OF AN ACT, OTHER THAN THIS ACT,
PASSED BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE AND ANY PROVISION OF AN
INSTRUMENT MADE BEFORE THAT DATE UNDER ANY SUCH ACT.
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