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FROM:
Paul Fifoot
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DATE:
27 June 1986
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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE POWERS ORDER 1986 (2A
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Thank you for your minute of 26 June and Mr Heady's tele- letter. The drafting points have been taken care of and I have the following comments on the more substantial points:-
or to make laws
relating to extradition
(C) It was deliberately intended to make the
wording general to avoid itemising the various aspects and thus running into the danger of omitting a particular topic. You can therefore confirm that it is intended that the general heads should be liberally construed. But to use the well-known expression of Queen Elizabeth I to her legislators, "Liberty you have but not licence". The Order gives Hong Kong the necessary powers in the areas specified; it does not give them powers in other well-defined areas of the law merely because those other areas of the law may manifest themselves in connection with the specified areas. As an example there are a number of statutory provisions relating to safety of aircraft and the protection of civil aviation services from acts of terrorism which also deal with extradition. The fact that extradition can operate in relation to civil aviation does not mean that this Order will confer the rele-
with extraterritorial offect.
vant]powers on Hong Kong in relation]to amend uk law relating to
extradition. This should be made clear
to the Hong Kong Government.
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