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DD HONG KONG 1001002
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FM FCO 090950Z JANUARY 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 54 OF 9 JANUARY 1985
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MIPT HONG KONG BILL
TAY
HKCK 040/2
1 ↑ JAN 1985
I REGISTRY
Action Taker
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF BILL APPROVED TODAY BY MINISTERS.
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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
AND THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, 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 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.
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(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
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IN THIS SCHEDULE 'THE RELEVANT DATE' MEANS 1ST JULY 1997 AND
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