When Hong Kong became a special administrative region on 1 July 1997, the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance stayed in force under Article 8 of the Basic Law, which preserved the ordinances already in force. The handover changed sovereignty, not the cannabis ban or the penalties attached to it.[1]
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References
- Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — Chapter I, Article 8Article 8: laws previously in force shall be maintainedarchived
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