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for the preservation of good order therein. The laws of China as existing at the time of the cession will be the only laws for the territory until the Queen shall have declared other laws to be in force therein.
The laws re-enacted in force of England not by the local legislature of Hong Kong but by the colony up to April 1843. When Her Majesty is pleased to declare that the ceded territory shall become parcel of the Colony of Hong Kong a legislative enactment will be necessary declaratory of what of the Laws of England and what of the Ordinances of Hong Kong, whether all or only a part of both or either shall be in force in the ceded territory.
There is left very vague wording "except where the same shall be inapplicable to the local circumstances the better." Much future difficulty...
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for the preservation of good order therein. The laws of China as existing at the time of the cession will be the only laws for the territory until the Queen shall have declared other laws to be in force therein.
The laws re-enacted in force of England not by the local legislature of Hong Kong but by the colony up to April 1843. When Her Majesty is pleased to declare that the ceded territory shall become parcel of the Colony of Hong Kong a legislative enactment will be necessary declaratory of what of the Laws of England and what of the Ordinances of Hong Kong, whether all or only a part of both or either shall be in force in the ceded territory.
There is left very vague wording "except where the same shall be inapplicable to the local circumstances the better." Much future difficulty...