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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1985
TEXT OF THE HONG KONG BILL
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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE HONG KONG BILL:
DRAFT OF A BILL TO MAKE PROVISION FOR AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENDING OF BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY AND JURISDICTION OVER
HONG KONG. BE IT ENACTED BY THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, AND COMMONS, IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAME, AS FOLLOWS:-
1. (1)
AS FROM 1ST JULY 1997 HER MAJESTY SHALL NO LONGER HAVE SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION OVER ANY PART OF HONG KONG.
(2) THIS SECTION SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON THE EXCHANGE OF
INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19TH DECEMBER 1984: AND NOTICE OF THE DATE ON WHICH THOSE INSTRUMENTS ARE EXCHANGED SHALL BE GIVEN IN THE LONDON GAZETTE.
2.(1)
(2)
THIS ACT MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG ACT 1985.
THE SCHEDULE TO THIS ACT SHALL HAVE EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS THERE MENTIONED, BEING MATTERS CONSEQUENTIAL ON OR CONNECTED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1 ABOVE OR THE DECLARATION MENTIONED IN THAT SECTION.
SCHEDULE
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
PRELIMINARY
1.
IN THIS SCHEDULE 'THE RELEVANT DATE' MEANS 1ST JULY 1997 AND 'ENACTMENT' MEANS ANY PROVISION OF AN ACT, OTHER THAN THIS ACT, PASSED BEFORE THE RELEVANT DATE AND ANY PROVISION OF AN INSTRUMENT MADE BEFORE THAT DATE UNDER ANY SUCH ACT.
NATIONALITY
2.(1) HER MAJESTY MAY BY ORDER IN COUNCIL MAKE PROVISION
WHEREBY-
(A) BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP CANNOT BE
RETAINED OR ACQUIRED ON OR AFTER THE RELEVANT DATE BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG: AND
(B)
PERSONS WHO ARE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS BY VIRTUE OF ANY SUCH CONNECTION MAY BEFORE THAT DATE (OR BEFORE THE END OF 1997 IF BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE THE RELEVENT DATEY ACQUIRE SUCH NEW FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY AS IS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER.
/(2) AN ORDER