Article 84
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The courts of the Hong Kong SAR exercise judicial
interference.
power independently and free from any
Members of the judiciary are inmune from legal action in respect of their judicial functions.
Article 85
by jury previously
The principle of trial practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained.
Article 86
In criminal or civil proceedings in the Hong Kong SAR, the principles previously applied in Hong Kong and the
rights previously enjoy ed by the parties to the proceedings
shall be maintained.
All persons shall, after being lawfully arrested, enjoy the right to a fair trial by the judicial organs as
early as possible. They shall be assumed innocent until
the judicial organs find them guilty.
Article 87
Judges of the courts of the Hong Kong SAR shall be
appointed by the Chief Executive acting in accordance with
the recommendation of an independent commission composed of local judges, persons from the legal profession and other
eminent persons.
Article 88
Kong SAR Kong SAR may be
functions of his
A judge of a court of the Hong the Hong
removed for inability to discharge the
office, or for misbehaviour, by the Chief Executive acting.
accord an ce with the recommendation of a tribunal
appointed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal
and consisting of no fewer than three local judges.
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