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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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TEXT OF QUESTION :-
MR CHRIS SMITH
INGTON
before
NOON 187
To ask the Secretary of State/HMG; what steps he is taking in relation to prisoners due to be in Hong Kong prisons on 30th July 1997, to ensure that the safeguards embodied in the Fugative Offenders Act 1967 are compiled with; and if he will make a statement.
to P/S
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
for approval by NOON 17 OCT 1989
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20
REPLY (s)
for answer by
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
ANSWER:
Holding answe
p.a. fuming file 20/10
28 Joly 1984.
ممل
The work of preparing local legislation to replace Acts of Parliament applied to Hong Kong including the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 is being dertaken. Such legislation will remain in forde, after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on 1 July 1997, in accordance with the Joint Declaration. The safeguards embodied in, thi local legislation will apply to prisoners in
prisons after 1 July 1997 who have been returned to Hong Kong from abroad.
Kong
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