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APPENDIX 5
Proclamation for the Application of Hong Kong Laws in the New Territories
By His Excellency Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by an Order of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, made on the 20th day of October, 1898, after reciting that by a Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it is pro- vided that the limits of British territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong, shall be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention; and after reciting that it is expedient to make provision for the Government of the territories acquired by Her Majesty under the said Conven- tion, during the continuance of the said lease, it was ordered (inter alia) 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 gov- ernment 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shall take effect in the said territories and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her Majesty or by the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council.
And whereas it is expedient that from the 17th day of April, 1899, 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
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