Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
  • An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation into the law of Hong Kong of provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as applied to Hong Kong; and for ancillary and connected matters.
CitationCap. 383
Enacted byLegislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced7 June 1991
Legislative history
Introduced byChief Secretary Sir David Robert Ford
Introduced20 July 1990
First reading25 July 1990
Second reading5 June 1991
Third reading5 June 1991
Amended by
1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2017[1]
Status: Current legislation
Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Traditional Chinese香港人權法案條例
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng yàhn kyùhn faat on tìuh laih
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 jan4 kyun4 faat3 on3 tiu4 lai6

The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (HKBORO), often referred to as the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, is Chapter 383 of the Laws of Hong Kong, which transposed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights so that it is incorporated into Hong Kong law.

  1. ^ "Enactment History of Cap. 383 Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance". Cap. 383 Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance. Retrieved 22 March 2018.