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APPENDIXES
APPENDIX 2
The New Territories Order in Council
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Note: clause 4 was revoked by the Walled City order in council of 27 December 1899, reproduced as appendix 3.
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At the Court at Balmoral, the 20th day of October, 1898.
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty in Council
WHEREAS by a Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898, be- tween Her Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it is provided that the limits of British territory in the re- gions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong shall be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the govern- ment of the territories acquired by Her Majesty under the said Convention, during the continuance of the said lease:
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, as follows:
1. The territories within the limits and for the term described in the said Convention shall be and the same are hereby declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony.
2. It shall be competent for the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said territories as part of the Colony.
3. From a date to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor of Hong Kong, all Laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hong Kong shall take effect in the said territories, and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her Majesty or by the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice or [sic] consent of the Legisla- tive Council.
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