Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL OFFICERS ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Rights of Secretary for Justice

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 11 of 1999 s. 3 All rights which were
enjoyed by the then Attorney General immediately before 1 July 1997 in the
courts of Hong Kong, except for those that are inconsistent with the Basic
Law, shall on and after that date be exercisable by the Secretary for Justice.
(Replaced 11 of 1999 s. 3)
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section has been repealed and replaced since 1 July 1997. The section as it
read immediately before 1 July 1997 is reproduced as follows:

"5. Rights of Attorney General

The Attorney General shall be entitled in the courts of the Colony to the same
rights as are enjoyed in England by the Attorney General of England.".