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The legislative power of the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be vested in the legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The legislature shall be composed of local inhabitants, and the majority of its members shall be elected.
After the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the laws, decrees, administrative regulations and other normative acts previously in force in Macao shall be maintain- ed, save for whatever therein may contravene the Basic Law or subject to any amendment by the Macao Special Administra- tive Region legislature.
The legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region may enact laws in accordance with the provisions of the Basic Law and legal procedures, and such laws shall be reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China for the record. Laws enacted by the legislature of the Macao Special Administrative Region which are in accordance with the Basic Law and legal pro- cedures shall be regarded as valid.
The legal system of the Macao Special Administrative Re- gion shall consist of the Basic Law, the laws previously in force in Macao and the laws enacted by the Macao Special Admin- istrative Region as above.
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Judicial power in the Macao Special Administrative Region shall be vested in the courts of the Macao Special Administra- tive Region. The power of final adjudication shall be exercis- ed by the court of final appeal in the Macao Special Admin- istrative Region. The courts shall exercise judicial power in- dependently and free from any interference, and shall be sub-
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