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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIPS DO
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21.
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have also changed the
hinese title of
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"RENQUAN FA'
Pients from 'RENQUAN XUANYEN
with che generally accepted translation of the Dern,
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would like to take this opportunity to deal
consu!
the
ther
ma or
period.
issues
which
duflet arose
he
Firstly, it is the question of whether
customs Of the indigenous population
Territories would be affected by the Bill of Rights.
in
New
23.
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Since the Bill is to implement the provisions of the impact on present law and policy including that in customary law in the New Territories depends upon
interpretation of the relevant Articles of the ICCPR,
rolation
24.
We have Always believed that existing customary law
inheritance of communal land known as Tso and Tong ano n
New Territories which reflects an important element of the social fabric of NT villages, is not incompatible with che
The
The fact that customary law in the NT
women in a way different to men does not mean that the
ICCRE
Or
the
Bill.
treats
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law
The
UN
every
necessarily
discriminatory
Human Rights
Committee
differentiation
of treatment that
under the Bill of Rights.
have observed that it is not
constitutes
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