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judiciary,

and legal system.

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Reference is made to the

executive or legislative power of the PRC only in relation to

matters which, under the terms of the joint Declaration and

the Bacic Law,

to be inferred to the PRC because they are

outsida the limits of the autonomy of the Special

Administrative Region; principally, defence and foreign

affairs. The continuing validity after 30 June 1997 DE

obligations which are valid under the laws in force in Hong

Kong prior to 1 July 1997 is provided for hy the second

paragraph of Article 150 of the Basic-Law.

The Specialty Protection

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To fill the gap which may otherwise-be-left in the légal

system of the Special Administrative Region by reason of the

fact that United Kingdom Aots-and-Ordery-in-council which

currently form part of the law of Hong Kong will not be

maintained as the law of the Special Administrative Region,

tha Seint Liaison Group established pursuant to the Joint

Declaration, is discussing, and the Government of Hong Kong

is embarking upon, a programme of localisation of legislation;

that is, the enactment before 1 July 1997 in Hong Kong of

Ordinances which will contain terms similar to those of United

Kingdom Acts and Orders-in-Council which will cease to apply

to Hong Kong after 1997. This programme has been commenceú

and the first piece of localisation legislation was enacted The fact of the loco_4_4$ =_==

by the Hong

Hong Kong legislature in February 1989. This

localisation programme includes the localisation of

extradition law.

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