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APPENDIX II

DRAFT ORDER-IN-COUNCIL

WHEREAS by grant, usage, sufferance and other

lawful means Her Majesty The Queen has jurisdiction

within the New Territories of Hong Kong: AND WHEREAS

provision was made for the exercise of such jurisdiction

by Order-in-Council made on the 28th day of October 1898.

AND WHEREAS it is now expedient to make further

provision for the exercise of such jurisdiction and for

the government of the New Territories as part of Hong

Kong:

Now, therefore the preamble up to this point

might be omitted/ Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise

of the powers vested in her by the Foreign Jurisdiction

Acts, 1890 and 1913, or otherwise, is pleased, by and

with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it

is hereby ordered as follows

1.

The Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative

Council thereof, shall continue to be

competent to make laws for the peace,

order and good government of the New

Territories of Hong Kong.

2. No such law shall be invalid by reason

that it purports, expressly or by

implication, or has effect, to extend

beyond 1 July 1997.

3. The provisions of Article I shall

authorise the Governor of Hong Kong,

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