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PART II: THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Present Position

7. Hong Kong has its own courts of justice, which are

established under local laws and financed locally.

are principally:-

a)

a Supreme Court, consisting of a Court of

Appeal and a High Court;

b) District Courts;

These

c)

Magistrates Courts.

Appeals lie from the Hong Kong Court of Appeal to Her

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