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Ord. No. 7/88

L.S.

NEW TERRITORIES LEASES (EXTENSION)

HONG KONG

No. 7 of 1988

I assent.

David WILSON,

Governor.

21 January 1988

An Ordinance to provide for the extension of certain leases of land in the

New Territories.

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Preamble.

Short title and

WHEREAS the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong signed in Beijing on 19 December 1984 provides that certain leases of land expiring before 30 June 1997 may be extended until not later than 30 June 2047:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the New Territories Leases commencement. (Extension) Ordinance 1988.

Application.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and different days. may be appointed for different provisions.

2. This Ordinance applies to every New Territories lease that exists at the commencement of this section and that, but for this Ordinance, would expire before 30 June 1997, not being-

(a) a short term tenancy;

(b) a lease for special purposes; or

(c) a lease in respect of which the lessee registers a memorandum

under section 5.

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