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Annex C
Item 8.5
UK's Reservations to the Convention
on the Political Rights of women
applicable to Hong Kong
"The
United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
to the Convention with the following
›ervations submitted in accordance with article VII:
.and accedes
(1)
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Article III is accepted subject to reservations,
pending notification of withdrawal in any case,
so far as it relates to;
(a) Succession to the Crown:
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(D)
Certain offices
nature;
primarily of a ceremonial
(c)
The
(a)
function of
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
H
the Armed Forces;
"(9)
of
Remuneration for women in the civil service
Hong Kong
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