MOZANZ
BASIC LAW
ANNEX III
Improvements to Key Articles endorsed by the
Basic Law Drafting Committee
at its Eighth Plenum (9-15 January)
Criticism on Consultation
Draft
Central/SAR Relationship
1. Joint Declaration
provision that the
maintenance of public responsibility of the SAR
is not reflected.
Improvements in latest draft
This provision is now reflected in
Article 14(2)
2.
legislative power of SAR
legislature would be under- mined by NPC Standing
Committee's power to revoke
or return any SAR law
inconsistent with the BL
(Art. 16)
3. the scope of nation-wide
laws which could be applied
to the SAR is too wide
(Art.17)
restrictions on the
Jurisdiction of SAR courts
Lover executive acts) go
beyond the present practice (Art. 18)
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NPC Standing Committee can only
return (but not revoke) an SAR law
inconsistent with those BL
provisions falling within the CPG's responsibility (Art. 17)
nation-wide laws applicable to the
SAR are confined to those outside
the limits of the SAR's autonomy
and are listed in an annex (Art.18
and Annex III)
SAR courts will have jurisdiction over all cases "except those constituted by acts of state, wording seeks to follow the
present practice (Art.19); but
remains unclear Text was not
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agreed by the necessary 2/3
majority of the BLDC and will
further consideration.
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