Article 18
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The laws of the Hong Kong SAR shall be this Law,
the laws previously in force in Hong Kong as stipulated in
Article 8 of this Law, and the la ws enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong SAR.
Laws en acted or confirmed
by the NP C or its
Standing Committee shall not be applied in the Hong Kong
SAR except for those listed in Annex III to this Law. Laws listed in Annex III to this Law shall be applied locally by the Hong Kong SAR by way of promulgation or legislation.
The Standing Committee of the NPC, after consulting its Committee for the Basic Law of the Hong Kong
SAR and the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, may mak e additions to or deletions from the list of laws set out in
Annex III to this Law. Laws to be listed in Annex III
shall be confined to those relating to defence and foreign affairs as well as other laws which, in accordance with the
provisions of this Law, are outside the limits of the Hong Kong SAR's autonomy.
When the Standing Committee of the NPC decides to declare a state of war or decides that the Hong Kong SAR is in a state of emergency due to an unrest in the Hong Kong SAR which is beyond the control of the Hong Kong SAR, the State Council may decree the application of the relevant nation-wide laws in the Hong Kong SAR.
Article 19*
The Hong Kong SAR is vested with independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication.
Court s of the Hong Kong SAR shall have jurisdiction over all cas es in the Hong Kong SAR, except that the restrictions of their jurisdiction imposed by Hong Kong's previous leg al sy stem and principles shall be
maintained.
* This Article did not get the minimum number of
votes required, i.e. a two-thir ás majority, BL DV VIII.
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