DD 010100Z HONG KONG
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DESKBY 0101002
FM FCO 301645Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 2396 OF 30 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: DRAFT BILL
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HKK 040/53
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
03 DEC 1984
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REG STRY
INDLY
DA
Action Takan
BEGINS 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 1 JULY 1997 HER MAJESTY SHALL HAVE NO 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 19 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 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 ABOVE OR THE DECLARATION MENTIONED IN THAT SECTION.
SCHEDULE
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
PRELIMINARY
1. IN THIS SCHEDULE 'THE RELEVANT DATE' MEANS 1 JULY 1997 AND 'ENACTMENT' MEANS ANY ENACTMENT, OTHER THAN THIS ACT, PASSED BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE AND INCLUDES ANY INSTRUMENT MADE BEFORE THAT DATE UNDER ANY SUCH ENACTMENT. NATIONALITY
2.(1)
HER MAJESTY MAY BY ORDER IN COUNCIL MAKE PROVISION
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