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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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Ordiance No. 125 of 1997

An Ordinance to provide for the imposition of sanctions against places outside the People’s Republic of China arising from Chapter 7 of the Charter of the United Nations, and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

[18 July 1997]

Enacted by the Provisional Legislative Council.

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the United Nations Sanctions Ordinance.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“instructing authority” (作出指示的機關) means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China;

“sanction” (制裁) includes complete or partial economic and trade embargoes, arms embargoes, and other mandatory measures decided by the Security Council of the United Nations, implemented against a place outside the People’s Republic of China.

(2) Where, under Chapter 7 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council of the United Nations has decided on a measure to be employed to give effect to any of its decisions and has called on the People’s Republic of China to apply the measure, then any instruction given by the instructing authority to the Chief Executive—

(a) to implement the sanctions specified in the instruction against the place outside the People’s Republic of China specified in the instruction for the purposes of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China applying that measure; or

(b) where such sanctions have been so implemented—

(i) to cease implementing such sanctions;