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FM FCO 101200Z JANUARY 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 64 OF 10 JANUARY 1985
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON,
CONSUL GENERAL NEW YORK, BRUSSELS AND GENEVA
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF BILL GIVEN ITS FIRST READING BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TODAY 10 JANUARY.
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 BY THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, AND COMMONS, IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAME, AS FOLLOWS:-
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 WA SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19TH DECEMBER 1984: AND NOTICE OF THE DATE O 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
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