CONFIDENTIAL
47082
1
IT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. LEGAL ADVISERS
HAVE ADVISED IN THE PAST THAT HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN
REGULATIONS WHICH, INEVITABLY, HAVE EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECT UNDER
THEIR EXISTING POWER. THE PRESENT ORDER WILL ENABLE YOU TO GO
BEYOND YOUR EXISTING POWERS BUT CANNOT EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT, IN THE FUTURE, YOU MAY HAVE TO ARGUE BEFORE A COURT THAT WHAT YOU REFER TO AS THE EXISTING LEGISLATION WAS VALID UNDER THE
GENERAL POWER WHEREAS LATER LEGISLATION IS CLEARLY VALID UNDER
THE PRESENT ORDER. THE HONG KONG ACT 1985 DOES NOT PROVIDE POWER
TO LEGISLATE WITH RETROSPECTIVE EFFECT.
HOWE
OCMIAN 7082
NNN N
YYYY
MA IN
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MAED
LEGAL ADVISERS
DR WILSON
MR SLATER
2
CONFIDENTIAL