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The legislative power of the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be vested in the legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The legislature shall be composed of local inhabitants, and the majority of its members shall be elected.
After the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the laws, decrees, administrative regulations and other normative acts previously in force in Macao shall be maintain- ed, save for whatever therein may contravene the Basic Law or subject to any amendment by the Macao Special Administra- tive Region legislature.
The legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region may enact laws in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Law and legal procedures, and such laws shall be reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China for the record. Laws enacted by the legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region which are in accordance with the Basic Law and legal pro- cedures shall be regarded as valid.
The legal system of the Macao Special Administrative Re- gion shall consist of the Basic Law, the laws previously in force in Macao and the laws enacted by the Macao Special Admin- istrative Region as above.
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Judicial power in the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be vested in the courts of the Macao Special Administra- tive Region. The power of final adjudication shall be exercis. ed by the court of final appeal in the Macao Special Admin- istrative Region. The courts shall exercise judicial power in- dependently and free from any interference, and shall be sub.
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ordinated only to the law. The judges shall enjoy the im munities appropriate to the performance of their functions.
Judges of the Macao Special Administrative Region courts shall be appointed by the chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region acting in accordance with the recom- mendation of the independent commission composed of local judges, lawyers and noted public figures. Judges shall be chosen by reference to their professional qualifications. Qualified judges of foreign nationalities may also be invited to serve as judges in the Macao Special Administrative Region. A judge may only be removed for inability to discharge the functions of his office, or for behaviour incompatible with the post he holds, by the chief executive acting in accordance with the recommendation of a tribunal appointed by the president of the court of final appeal, consisting of not fewer than three local judges. The removal of judges of the court of final ap- peal shall be decided upon by the chief executive in accordance with the recommendation of a review committee consisting of members of the Macao Special Administrative Region legisla ture. The appointment and removal of judges of the court of final appeal shall be reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for the record.
The prosecuting authority of the Macao Special Administra- tive Region shall exercise procuratorial functions as vested by law, independently and free from any interference.
The system previously in force in Macao for appointment and removal of supporting members of the judiciary shall be maintained.
On the basis of the system previously operating in Macao, the Macao Special Administrative Region Government shall make provisions for local lawyers and lawyers from outside. Macao to practise in the Macao Special Administrative Region.
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