John Lee, chief government of China’s Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (HKSAR), on Friday welcomed and thanked the Standing Committee of the Nationwide Folks’s Congress (NPC) for an interpretation of provisions within the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation.
The NPC Standing Committee on Friday adopted an interpretation of Article 14 and Article 47 of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation on the thirty eighth session of the thirteenth NPC.
Lee mentioned the Committee for Safeguarding Nationwide Safety of the HKSAR and the HKSAR authorities will absolutely implement the duties stipulated within the contents of the interpretation, specifically, on whether or not an abroad solicitor or barrister who shouldn’t be certified to practise usually in Hong Kong can take part within the dealing with of labor in circumstances regarding nationwide safety.
The NPC Standing Committee interpretation of the provisions of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation made pursuant to the ability conferred by the structure and the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation has clarified the that means of the related provisions of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation, he mentioned.
It establishes rules and is of nice significance within the additional enchancment of the authorized system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding nationwide safety of the HKSAR, and the efficient safeguarding of nationwide safety, he added.
The HKSAR authorities steadfastly safeguards nationwide sovereignty, safety and improvement pursuits, and upholds the authority of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation, Lee mentioned.
He added that the HKSAR authorities resolutely carries out its duties and obligations to safeguard nationwide safety in accordance with the legislation, and to make sure the steadfast and profitable implementation of “one nation, two methods.”
Andrew Leung, president of the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the HKSAR, mentioned that the interpretation of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation by the NPC Standing Committee is a part of the constitutional order of the HKSAR below “one nation, two methods.”
The interpretation can make clear the legislative intent and aims of related provisions of the legislation, thereby eliminating uncertainties within the legislation enforcement procedures and guaranteeing the great and correct implementation of the legislation, he mentioned, including that the LegCo is firmly dedicated to safeguarding nationwide safety for the steadfast and profitable implementation of “one nation, two methods.”
In a joint assertion, the seventh-term LegCo members mentioned that they welcome and assist the interpretation by the NPC Standing Committee in accordance with the structure and the ability vested within the nationwide safety legislation, in order to make clear the legislative intent of related provisions of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation and help the HKSAR in additional absolutely and successfully implementing its authorized system and enforcement mechanisms for safeguarding nationwide safety.
The judiciary of the HKSAR mentioned on Friday that it respects the lawful train of energy by the NPC Standing Committee to make legally binding interpretations of Articles 14 and 47 of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation concerning the HKSAR’s efficiency of its duties in safeguarding nationwide safety.
The judiciary will, as required by Article 3 of the Hong Kong nationwide safety legislation, proceed to successfully stop, suppress and impose punishment for any act or exercise endangering nationwide safety in accordance with legislation, and can, within the train of its unbiased judicial energy (together with that of ultimate adjudication) below the Primary Regulation, impartially carry out its judicial features and deal with circumstances involving nationwide safety accordingly.
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