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CHN-1990-L-21637
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Title_of_text
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic China.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivision(s)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1990-04-04
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Adopted by the Seventh National People's Congress pursuant to the Joint Declaration signed by the Chinese and British Governments on 19 December 1984 with a view to the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997. Chapter I grants Hong Kong "a high degree of autonomy" and makes various provisions for its administrative status; Chapter II governs the relationship between the central authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Chapter III contains provisions for the fundamental rights and duties of residents; Chapter IV is devoted to the political structure, government, legislature and judiciary of the region, with a special section (arts. 99-103) on public servants; Chapter V is concerned with economic matters (public finance, monetary affairs, trade, industry, land leases, shipping, civil aviation); Chapter VI covers labour and social services, education, science, culture, sports and religion; and Chapters VII, VIII and IX, external affairs, interpretation and amendment of the Basic Law, and supplementary provisions, respectively. Certain procedural and legislative matters are taken up in three annexes. The basic law was promulgated by Decree No. 26 of the President of the PRC, dated 1990-04-04.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1997-07-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2021-03-31 (CHN-2021-L-111285)
Annex I to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Concerning Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2021 Revision) (No. 75 of 2021).
Amending text(s)
2021-12-31 (CHN-2021-L-111286)
Annex II to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Concerning Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Its Voting Procedures (2021 Revision) (No. 75 of 2021).
Amending text(s)
2020-06-30 (CHN-2020-L-111288)
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Expand the List of National Laws in Annex III to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (2020).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Hong Kong E-Legislation (HKeL), Department of Justice
Country
China, SAR Hong Kong
URL
https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/
Serial region
Serial title
International Legal Materials
Date
1990-11
Number
Vol. XXIX, No. 6
Page range
pp. 1519-1551