KANNYA KAY NAJMAVINNANINIWAIN, NEMININENEMINE
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A BILL
To
Implement further the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights as applied to Hong Kong; and for ancillary and connected
matters.
WHEREAS
(1) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
applies to Hong Kong; and
(2)
that Covenant includes an undertaking to take the necessary
steps to adopt such legislative or other measures as may be
necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in that
Covenant.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong, with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows
PART I
PRELIMINARY
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Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Bill of
Rights Ordinance 1990.
(2) Section 3(1) and (2) shall come into operation 1 year after
the commencement date.