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Major Differences between the Draft Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

(for solicitation of opinions) and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region

of the People's Republic of China

CHAPTER I

General Principles

Art.

7

All land

Draft MBL

Art.

HKBL

Remarks

shall be State property

7

except private land as stipulated by the previous law of Macao.

All property.

land

shall be State

8

Refers to

previously

except any MBL.

retention of laws

in force in Macao

which

contravene the

CHAPTER II

Refers to common law and other features of the English legal system. Otherwise similar.

Relationship between the Central Authorities and the SAR

14

reference to the stationing of

CPG troops in Macao SAR.

14(3)

-

- 14 (5)

Specific

stationing

provisions on the of CPG troops in the

HKSAR, including expenditure for the garrison.

China apparently decided CPG would stationed in

has

that troops not be

Prepared by Constitutional Affairs Branch September 1991

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