Article 9

Restrictions on expulsion from Hong Kong

A person who does not have the right of abode in Hong Kong but

who is lawfully in Hong Kong may be expelled therefrom only in

pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with law and shall,

except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise

require, be allowed to submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his case reviewed by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority or a person or persons especially designated by the competent authority.

Article 10

Equality before courts and right to fair and public hearing

[cf. ICCPR Art. 13]

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All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals.

the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his

rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled

to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and

impartial tribunal established by law. The press and the public may

be excluded from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public

order (ordre public) or national security in a democratic society, or

when the interest of the private lives of the parties so requires, or

to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in

special circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests

of justice; but any judgment rendered in a criminal case or in a suit

at law shall be made public except where the interest of juvenile

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