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CONFIDENTIAL
10 December 1984 (3)
HONG KONG BILL
DRAFT
OF A
BILL
ΤΟ
Make provision for and in connection with the ending of British
sovereignty and jurisdiction over Hong Kong.
Be it enacted, etc.
Ending of British
sovereignty
and
jurisdiction over Hong Kong.
Short title and supple-
mentary
provisions.
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)
(2)
This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong Act 1985.
The Schedule to this Act shall have effect with
respect to the matters there mentioned, being matters
consequential on or connected with the provisions of section 1
above or the Declaration mentioned in that section.