'age
(i)
(ii)
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(M.1 (lauid)
Article 22 of the Bill: Right to Participate in
Public
in
Life, the term "citizen" as used
the ICCPR should replace "by a person having a right of abode in Hong Kong";
Patent
should
be
Letters amended SO as to entrench the ICCPR up
The
amendment
closely
to
1997.
should
follow
the
wording of
Article 39 of the draft Basic
Law;
(iii) the FCO proposal on the rule of construction clause should not be pursued;
(iv) the
requirement for an General's
Attorney .
in
certificate should be dropped
the light of paragraph: (d) below;.
n
(b) the Bill together with a commentary (at Annex.4A to memorandum. XCC.(90)1) should be approved for issue as a consultation document subject to the following amendments
(c)
(i)
inclusion of a new Clausé 3A. (Annex、 A to XCC (90) 28) which provides that every Ordinance subsequent to the
enacted
Bill of
-
Rights shall
be
iconstrued, where possible, as
being subject to the Bill;
(ii) · inclusion of a revised Clause
3 (Annex B), which includes a · provision similar to Clause 3A in respect of existing Ordinances;
following a two
consultation, a
month period of public final draft Bill should
be prepared for re-submission to Members
and,
subject
introduction
to into
Council;
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their approval, the Legislative