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Part II

THE HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS

Clause 8

21.

Part II of the draft Ordinance is called the Hong

Kong Bill of Rights. This is where the individual rights.

are set out.

They are almost identical to the rights

contained in the Covenant.

However, some of the rights are

restricted by Part III of the draft Ordinance. This is

because when the United Kingdom Government agreed to the

Covenant, it reserved the right in a few cases

a few cases not to apply

the full provisions to Hong Kong. The reservations are at

Part III of the draft Ordinance, sections 9 to 14.

Article 1 Entitlement to rights without distinction

22.

Article 1 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights ensures

that the rights granted are applied in a non-discriminatory

For example, they cannot be applied to one sex but

not the other or to one race in preference to another.

way.

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