Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Traditional Chinese	香港人權法案條例
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hēung góng yàhn kyùhn faat on tìuh laih
Jyutping	Hoeng1 gong2 jan4 kyun4 faat3 on3 tiu4 lai6

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
	Long title 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. ;
Citation	Cap. 383
Enacted by	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced	7 June 1991
Legislative history
Introduced by	Chief Secretary Sir David Robert Ford
Introduced	20 July 1990
First reading	25 July 1990
Second reading	5 June 1991
Third reading	5 June 1991
Amended by
	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2017
	Status: Current legislation

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.

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