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(1)

i.e. "action in personam".

Notes

(2) Please refer to Chapter 11 of r.M. North and J.J. Fawcett's Cheshire and

North Private International Law (London : Butterworths, 11th edition 1987).

(3) Rules of the Supreme Court, Cap. 4, Laws of Hong Kong.

(4) Chapter 12 of North and Fawcett, (see note (2) ).

(5) i.e. domicile. Please refer to Chapter 22 of North and Fawcett, (see note (2)).

(6) Halsbury's Laws of England, pages 53, 60 and 63 of Volume 11, 4th edition.

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(8)

(9)

Protection of aircraft act 1973. This is a piece of British law which is

applicable to Hong Kong under the Frotection of Aircraft Act 1973 (Overseas

Territories) Order in Council 1973.

As regards the constitutional status of the British military forces in the

U.K., please refer to Chapter 10 of Harry Street and Rodney Brazier (eds)'s

de Smith, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Harmondsworth Penguin Books, 5th edition 1985) and Halsbury's Laws of England, Volume 41, 4th

edition.

e.g. the Army act 1955 (parts of it are applicable to all British dependent territories) which concerns the Army, and the Air Force act 1955 (parts of it are applicable to all British dependent territories) which concerns the

Air Force.

(10) UK Forces (Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts) Order 1965.

(11) section 6 of International Organizations and Diplomatic Privileges Ürdinance,

Cap. 190, Laws of Hong Kong; Halsbury's Laws of England, pages 804-5 and 813-4, Volume 18, 4th edition.

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The State Immunity Act 1978 is applicable to Hong Kong under the state

Immunity (Overseas Territories) Order 1979. Please refer to pages 267-273 of North and Fawcett, (same as note (2)).

(13) Pages 273-279 of North and Fawcett (see note (2)).

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(15)

i.e. "act of state". Please refer to pages 725-728 of Halsbury's Laws of

England, volume 18, 4th edition; Butterworths Annotated Legislation Service, Statutes Supplement No. 47, The Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (London: Butterworths 1948) 9-10; Peter Wesley-Smith's Constitutional and

Administrative Law in Hong Kong, volume 1 (Hong Kong China and Hong Kong Law Studies 1987), Chapter 8 ; pages 157-163 of de Smith (see note (8)).

see note (14).

(15) i.e. "facts of state".

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