(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), legislation enacted in respect of the budget for the 1997-98 financial year is confirmed.
PART V
Establishment of Courts, etc.
8. Establishment of High Court
Section 3 of the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) is repealed and the following substituted—
- “3. High Court
- (1) There shall be a High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region consisting of the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal.
- (2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the High Court shall be a court of unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction.”.
9. The District Court and miscellaneous courts, etc.
(1) The District Court, magistracies and every other court (apart from the Supreme Court), statutory tribunal or statutory board in existence immediately before 1 July 1997 are on that date established as the District Court, magistracies, courts, statutory tribunals and statutory boards, as the case may be, of the HKSAR.
(2) The law applicable to each body referred to in subsection (1) immediately before 1 July 1997 shall on and from that date apply to that body as established under subsection (1).
PART VI
Legal Proceedings, Criminal Justice System and Administration of Justice
10. Continuity of legal proceedings, criminal justice system and administration of justice
(1) Subject to this Ordinance, the continuity of legal proceedings, the criminal justice system, the administration of justice and the course of public justice shall not be affected by the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong by the People’s Republic of China.
