Macau returned to Chinese sovereignty on 20 December 1999. The Basic Law kept the laws already in force, so the 1991 drug offences and the 1999 rules on controlled medicines stayed, and Macau kept a criminal drug law of its own. The Basic Law also guaranteed the previous system and way of life for fifty years.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Macau here.
References
- Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau — Articles 5 and 8Articles 5 (system unchanged for fifty years) and 8 (previous laws remain in force)
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