{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s5702","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5702.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f5702.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cHong Kong\u201d means, prior to\nJuly 1, 1997\nJuly 1, 1997\n(2) the term \u201cJoint Declaration\u201d means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on\nDecember 19, 1984\n(3) the term \u201claws of the United States\u201d means provisions of law enacted by the Congress.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s5702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5702/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cHong Kong\u201d means, prior to ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"July 1, 1997","tail":", the British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after "},{"t":"text","text":"July 1, 1997","tail":", the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5702/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cJoint Declaration\u201d means the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, done at Beijing on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"December 19, 1984","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s5702/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201claws of the United States\u201d means provisions of law enacted by the Congress.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}