Hong Kong Ordinances

SHENZHEN BAY PORT HONG KONG PORT AREA ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Territorial limit of certain pre-existing rights and obligations be extended

(1) If a pre-existing right or obligation has a territorial limit

(whether express or not) confined to, or including, Hong Kong, and the right
or obligation—

   (a)  is of a description included in Schedule 2; and

   (b)  subsists, or has its legal effect suspended, as at the Relevant Date,
        then, the territorial limit of the right or obligation is extended to
        include the Hong Kong Port Area in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) An extension of the territorial limit to include the Hong Kong Port Area
under subsection (1) takes effect—

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), from the Relevant Date; or

   (b)  (if the description is included in Schedule 2 by an amendment that
        takes effect after the Relevant Date) from the date when the amendment
        takes effect.

(3) If—

   (a)  the territorial limit of a right or obligation is extended under this
        section; and

   (b)  as at the date when the extension takes effect—

        (i)    the legal effect of the right or obligation is suspended;

        (ii)   the right or obligation is subject to any condition, then, on
               and from that date, the suspension or condition (as may be
               applicable) has effect in relation to the right or obligation
               with its territorial limit so extended.

(4) This section does not apply to a right or obligation conferred or imposed
by a court order.