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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON
1 DECEMBER 1971
Mr James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull, West): to ask
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, under what circumstances the Chinese language
is used in the law courts of Hong Kong.
Draft Reply. Court records are kept in English
and legal argument is conducted in English but a litigant
at or witness whose language is Chinese may
use Chinese in any court proceedings and the
proceedings are interpreted for him.
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