Adaptation of Laws (No. 8) Bill 1998

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Adapt certain Ordinances to bring them into conformity with the Basic Law and with the status of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Enacted by the Legislative Council.

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the Adaptation of Laws (No. 8) Ordinance 1998.

2. Commencement

(1) This Ordinance shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1997.

(2) Subsection (1) shall be subject to Article 12 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights set out in Part II of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383).

3. Amendment of Ordinances

The Ordinances specified in the Schedules are amended in the manner indicated in those Schedules.

SCHEDULE 1 [s. 3]

New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance

1. Section 11 of the New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance (Cap. 150) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

SCHEDULE 2 [s. 3]

New Territories Land (Exemption) Ordinance

1. Section 3 of the New Territories Land (Exemption) Ordinance (Cap. 452) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

2. Section 7 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

3. Section 8 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

4. Section 9 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

5. Section 12(c) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to adapt certain Ordinances to bring them into conformity with the Basic Law and with Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (clause 3, Schedules 1 to 2).

2. The Ordinances adapted and their respective Schedule numbers under the Bill are---

New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance (Cap. 150) Schedule 1

New Territories Land (Exemption) Ordinance (Cap. 452) Schedule 2

3. The Bill also provides that the adaptations when passed into law shall take effect retrospectively, as from the date of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (clause 2).