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3 unusual facts about Article 23


Article 23

Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, which requires Hong Kong to pass security legislation concerning sedition against the Chinese government

Article 23 in Chapter V of the United Nations Charter, which establishes the composition of the Security Council

Section Twenty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantee minority language educational rights to French-speaking communities outside Quebec



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Giovanni Bonello

However, because the propsal list of the Maltese government got rejected repeatedly by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Bonellos term of office according to Article 23 para.

Pro-Beijing camp

The former Secretary for Security Regina Ip who was in charge of introducing the Basic Law Article 23 stood for the Hong Kong Island by-election in 2007 against the former Chief Secretary Anson Chan supported by the pro-democrats.