Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 66 — United States-Hong Kong Policy
§ 5702. Definitions
Statutory text
For purposes of this chapter—
the term “Hong Kong” means, prior to , the British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after , the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
the term “Joint Declaration” means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on ; and
the term “laws of the United States” means provisions of law enacted by the Congress.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–383 § 3 · 106 Stat. 1448
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5702
(Pub. L. 102–383, § 3, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1449.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–383, § 3, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1449.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Act— (1) the term “Hong Kong” means, prior to July 1, 1997, the British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after July 1, 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China; (2) the term “Joint Declaration” means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on December 19, 1984; and (3) the term “laws of the United States” means provisions of law enacted by the Congress.
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