(3) Executive affairs
(a)
The
(b)
(c)
Central People's Government shall appoint the Chief Executive and the principal officials of the executive authorities of the HKSAR in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of the Basic Law. [Article 15]*
The HKSAR shall be vested with executive power. It shall, on its own, conduct the administrative affairs of the Region in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Basic Law. [Article 16]
No department of the Central People's Government and no province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Government may interfere in the affairs which the HKSAR administers on its own in accordance with the Basic Law. If there is a need to set up offices in the HKSAR, they must obtain the consent of the government of the Region and the approval of the Central People's Government.
[Article 22, Para. 1-2]
(4) Legislative affairs
(a) The HKSAR shall be vested with legislative
power. [Article 17, Para. 1]
(b) Laws
(c)
enacted by the legislature of the HKSAR must be reported to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for record. The reporting for record shall not affect the entry into force of such laws. [Article 17, Para. 21
If the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, after consulting the Committee for the Basic Law of the HKSAR under it, considers that any law enacted by the legislature of the Region is not in conformity with the provisions of this Law regarding affairs within the responsibility of the Central Authorities or regarding the relationship between the Central Authorities and the
the Region,
Region, the
the Standing Committee may return the law in question but shall not amend it. Any law returned by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall immediately be invalidated.
invalidated. This invalidation shall not have retroactive effect, unless otherwise provided for in the laws of the Region. [Article 17, Para. 3]
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