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ANNEX B

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, therefore7 Her Majesty, by virtue and in

exercise of the powers vested in her by the Foreign

Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1931, 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 for so long as

the Crown administers those territories.

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