TNAG-1624-FCO40-2238-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1987 — Page 89

PART V

Claims in Respect of Debts, Bank Balances, Shares and Other Property

Qualifications to make Application

16. An application to the Commission for the purpose of

establishing a claim under this Part of the Order may be made by any person who was on 5th June 1987 (or, if he is a trustee, is a

trustee for a person who was on 5th June 1987) either:-

(a)

(b)

Property

a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories

citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject

or a British Protected Person, or

a corporation, firm or association incorporated or

constituted under the laws in force in the United

Kingdom or in any country or territory for whose

international relations Her Majesty's Government

in the United Kingdom were on 5th June 1987 responsible.

17. - (1) To establish a claim under this Part of the Order in

respect of property (other than a debt, a balance in a bank, or a share), any person making application to the Commission shall be required to establish to the satisfaction of the Commission:-

(a) that he is a person qualified under Article 16 of this

Order to make such application;

(b) that immediately before the relevant date the property

to which the application relates was situated in China

and was British property (as provided in paragraph (2)

of this Article); and