National Anthem Ordinance
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The National Anthem Ordinance is an ordinance of Hong Kong intended to criminalise "insults to the national anthem of China" ("March of the Volunteers"). It is a local law in response to the National Anthem Law of the People’s Republic of China.[1]
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Citation | Ordinance No. 2 of 2020 |
Territorial extent | Hong Kong |
Enacted by | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
Signed | 11 June 2020 |
Commenced | 12 June 2020 |
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Bill title | National Anthem Bill |
Introduced by | Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip |
Introduced | 11 January 2019 |
First reading | 23 January 2019 |
Second reading | 28 May 2020 |
Third reading | 4 June 2020 |
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13 of 2021 | |
Status: In force |
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Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping made a speech regarding the national anthem legislation in early 2017.[2] The ordinance commenced on 12 June 2020.[3]