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FM HONG KONG 260954Z JUL 79'

TO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1058 OF 26 JULY,

INFO PEKING.

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PEKING TELNO.639: NEW TERRITORIES LEASES.

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL AS REQUESTED IN PARA.2 OF PEKING'S TEL UNDER REF AND AS WE HAVE

IT HERE. TEXT BEGINS:

HER MAJESTY, BY VIRTUE AND IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS IN THAT

BEHALF IN HER MAJESTY VESTED, IS PLEASED, BY AND WITH THE ADVICE

OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, TO ORDER AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, AS

FOLLOWS.

CITATION AND INTERPRETATION:

1 (1 THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (NEW TERRITORIES)

ORDER 1979.

2) THE INTERPRETATION ACT 1978 SHALL APPLY, WITH THE NECESSARY

ADAPTATIONS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERPRETING THIS ORDER AND

OTHERWISE IN RELATION THERETO AS IT APPLIES FOR THE PURPOSE

OF INTERPRETING AND IN RELATION TO ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.

POWER TO GRANT INDETERMINATE LEASES.

2(1) THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG SHALL HAVE POWER TO GRANT A LEASE

OF ANY LAND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THAT MAY BE GRANTED BY HER

MAJESTY WITHOUT SPECIFYING ANY TERM FOR THE DURATION OF THE

LEASE SEMI-COLON AND SUCH A LEASE SHALL CONTINUE IN FORCE

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED OR FORFEITED IN ACCORDANCE

WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF OR ANY PROVISION OF LAW

APPLICABLE THERETO.

(2) THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MAY MAKE PROVISION FOR THE CONVERSION OF

EXISTING LEASES GRANTED BY HIM INTO INDETERMINATE LEASES.

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