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Annex C
UK's Reservations to the Convention
on the Political Rights of Women applicable to Hong Kong
Item 8.5
Island
"The United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
to the Convention with the following
reservations submitted in accordance with article VII:
(1)
accedes
Article III is accepted subject to reservations, pending notification of withdrawal in any case, in
so far as it relates to:
(a) Succession to the Crown:
(b)
Certain offices primarily of a ceremonial
nature;
(c)
The function of
(d)
sitting and voting in the
House Of Lords pertaining to holders of
hereditary peerages and holders of certain offices in the Church of England;
Recruitment to and conditions of service in
the Armed Forces;"
"(9)*
Remuneration for women in the civil service
Hong Kong
of
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