TNAG-1722-FCO40-2415-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1988 — Page 213

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Translation

(Cheng Ming July 1988 issue)

Replies to questions about executive acts"

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extracts

by Lee Yuk

What are "executive acts"?

"Acts

performed by the executive organs

of the state in accordance with the law for the

administration of the state and which produce legal effect." Depending on the targets at which the acts

are directed, they can be divided into abstract

executive acts and concrete executive acts.

"Abstract executive act", which is the

antithesis of "concrete executive act", is defined

as "the act of devising administrative rules of a general nature by the executive organs of the state within its purview in accordance with the law. As the administrative rules to be divesed and promulgated

are generally applicable, such an act of devising

and promulgating administrative rules is called an

abstract executive act".

"Concrete executive act", which is the

anthithesis of "abstract executive act", is defined "the act of devising executive measures in respect specific target (be it a particular person or

as

of