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REFERENCES

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

LAST EXECUTION

1. No execution has been carried out in Hong Kong since

1966.

ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

2.

This would be a complex question, which would require very careful consideration.

RESIDUAL PREROGATIVE OF MERCY

3.

The delegation to the Governor does not entirely empty The Queen of Her own Prerogative of Mercy. If, after the Governor has considered the case, a condemned person in Hong Kong petitions Her Majesty, it is for the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary to advise her on the matter.

NUMBER OF REPRIEVES

4. (If pressed) Since the last execution was carried out in November 1966, 49 condemned prisoners have been reprieved.

1.