Problem
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Preferred Redraft
It is proposed that para. 2 should be
revised as follows:
"The courts of the Hong Kong SAR may interpret on their own, in adjudicating cases before them, the provisions of this
Law which are within the limits of the
autonomy of the Region."
The last 2 sentences of para. 3 should be recast into a new separate paragraph as
follows:
"When the Standing Committee of the
NPC gives an interpretation of a provision of this Law concerning affairs which are
the responsibilities of the CPG or the
relationship between the Central
Authorities and the Hong Kong SAR, the courts of the Region, in applying that provision, should follow the interpretation
by the Standing Committee of the NPC.
However, judgments previously rendered
shall not be affected."
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