The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s
Republic of China (Adopted at the Third Session of the Seventh National People’s
Congress on April 4, 1990)
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Instrument A101
The specific method for selecting the Chief Executive is prescribed
in Annex I “Method for the Selection of the Chief Executive of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region”.
Article 46
The term of office of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region shall be five years. He or she may serve for not
more than two consecutive terms.
Article 47
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
must be a person of integrity, dedicated to his or her duties.
The Chief Executive, on assuming office, shall declare his or her
assets to the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region. This declaration shall be put on record.
Article 48
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
shall exercise the following powers and functions:
(1) To lead the government of the Region;
(2) To be responsible for the implementation of this Law and other
laws which, in accordance with this Law, apply in the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region;
laws;
(3) To sign bills passed by the Legislative Council and to promulgate
To sign budgets passed by the Legislative Council and report the
budgets and final accounts to the Central People’s Government for the
record;