29 Jul 1997
HKSAR v. MA WAI KWAN DAVID AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MA WAI KWAN DAVID AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAQL1/1997
On true construction of the Basic Law the laws previously in force in Hong Kong, including the common law, were adopted as the laws of the HKSAR on 1 July 1997 without a separate act of adoption; documents, rights and obligations (including indictments and pending proceedings) continued in force; the Provisional Legislative Council was lawfully constituted by the Preparatory Committee within powers conferred by NPC decisions and was ratified by the NPC, and HKSAR courts may examine existence/authority of sovereign/NPC acts but not impeach their validity; accordingly both reserved questions ar…