Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups
Article 6:
The Hong Kong SAR shall enjoy legislative power.
[- Article regarding the
validity of
SAR laws yet to be agreed.
Article regarding
the
application
Our proposed text
Article regarding the validity of SAR laws:
(a) The
Kong
Hong
Special Administrative Region shall enjoy legislative power. the Hong
Kong
Special
of
Kong
SAR yet to be Annex to this
Chinese statutes in the agreed for Chapter
Hong
Administrative
Region
(see
legislature
shall enact
laws
in
accordance
with
the
some
provisions of
this
Law and
Article 7:
Article 8:
Article 9:
proposed wording)]
legal procedures, and report them to the Standing Committee National people's
and the
of
The Hong Kong SAR shall enjoy independent judicial power and power of final judgment.
The Hong Kong SAR shall enjoy other powers conferred by the NPC or the State Council.
Chinese nationals in the Hong Kong SAR
in accordance with may,
the law, take part in the management of the affairs of the state.
specified
In accordance with the quota and the
of method
selecting deputies by the
Standing NPC Committee, the NPC deputies of the Hong Kong SAR shall be elected in Hong Kong by Hong Kong Chinese nationals.
the
Laws
Congress for the record. enacted by the Hong Kong Administrative Region Special
legislature in accordance with this Law and legal procedures ahll be valid.
(b) If
the
the Standing
National
Law
Committee of
People's
Congress, after consulting its Basic
Sub-committee, considers that any law enacted Special Hong
Region
by
the Administrative
legislature accordance with
Kong
is
not this Law, it
in
may return that SAR law to the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with a request that the Hong
Kong
Special Region
Administrative Government
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