TNAG-1336-FCO40-1768-Joint-Declaration-of-the-Government-of-the-United-Kingdom-of-1984 — Page 6

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8. This Joint Declaration is subject to ratification and shall! enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments of ratification, which shall take place in Beijing before 30 June 1985. This Joint Declaration and its Annexes shall be equally binding.

Done in duplicate at Beijing on

1984 in

the English and Chinese languages, both texts being equally authentic.

(Signed)

For the

Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

(Signed)

For the

Government of the People's Republic of China