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O P Date23/10/89
SERIAL NO:2765
PARLIAMENTARY OUESTION
For WRITTEN ANSWER on
26/10/89
Head of
HKD
Please submit:-
a draft Answer &
background
to Parliamentary Unit
سلام
before
NOON 25/10/89
PARTY
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TEXT OF QUESTION :-
MR CHRIS SMITH. (ISLINGTON SUUTH) To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;
if he will ensure that prisoners in Hong Kong jails in 1997 will not be made subject to the death sentence for offences committed before the transfer; and if he will make a statement.
MCD 383/2
to P/S
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON 20 001 1989
PQs
REPLY (s)
for answer by
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
ANSWER:
Persons imprisoned in Hong Kong will, in accordance
with the provisions of the Joint Declaration relating
to the continuity of laws, remain subject to Hong
Kong law. The Joint Declaration also provides that
the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force
after 1997. In this connection it is noteworthy that
Article 15 of the Covenant prohibits the imposition
of a heavier penalty than that applicable when the
offence was committed
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Private Secretary
PS/
(Minister)
Parliamentary Clerk
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authorised
(Head of Dept.)