* [Reproduced from the official text of Ordinance No. 59 of T991. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Frankie Fook-lun Leung, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois&Bisgaard, and I.L.M. Corresponding Editor for Hong Kong.]

[The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, April 4, 1990, is reproduced at 29 I.L.M. 1511 (1990). The Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, which entered into force May 27, 1985, appears at 23 I.L.M. 1366 (1984).]

[The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entered into force March 23, 1976, is reproduced at 6 I.L.M. 368 (1967). On September 29, 1972, a communication was received by the U.N. Secretary-General from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China stating: “… 2. As from October 1, 1949, the day of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chiang Kai-shek clique has no right at all to represent China. Its signature and ratification of, or accession to, any multilateral treaties by usurping the name of ‘China’ are all illegal and null and void. My Government will study these multilateral treaties before making a decision in the light of the circumstances as to whether or not they should be acceded to.” As of August 31, 1991, no communication had been received by the U.N. Secretary- General with regard to this Covenant.]