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The legal system of Macau was not substantially modified in 1999, as a result of the transfer of power from Portugal to the PRC, given that there is a principle of continuity of the pre-existing legal system, according to which all sources in force prior to the transfer of sovereignty continued to apply, with some minor exceptions that were specified in December 1999.
The courts of law in Macau comprise the Court of Final Appeal and 11 other courts. The President of the Court of Final Appeal of the Macau Special Administrative Region is head of the judiciary. A bilingual court system in which Chinese, Portuguese or both can be used was put in place, in accordance with the requirement of the Basic Law.
The Court of Final Appeal of Macau (Portuguese: Tribunal de Última Instância de Macau; Chinese: 澳門終審法院) is the court with the final adjudication power on laws of Macau. Prior to 1999, the highest court was the Higher Court of Justice of Macau and prior to that the Court of Appeal of the Judiciary District of Lisbon in Portugal. [1 ...
The Court of Final Appeal is the court of last resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region. The legal system is based largely on Portuguese law. The territory has its own independent judicial system, with a high court. Judges are selected by a committee and appointed by the chief executive. Foreign judges may serve on the courts.
The Chinese Communist Party's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission maintains effective control over the court system and its personnel. [1] [2] Hong Kong and Macau have separate court systems in accordance with the "one country, two systems" doctrine.
The Law of the People's Republic of China, officially referred to as the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, is the legal regime of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. China's legal system is largely a civil law system, although found its root in Great Qing Code and ...
Under the principle of independence of legal system in Macau Basic Law, Macau continues its repudiation of capital punishment after the handover to The People's Republic of China in 1999 [1] despite the fact that capital punishment is practised in The People's Republic of China. Macau was a Portuguese colony prior to returning to Chinese rule.
The current Penal Code of Macau (Portuguese: Código Penal de Macau) was promulgated in 1995, by Decree-Law no. 58/95/M, after the creation of the High Court of Justice in 1993. [3] Prior to 1995, the 1886 Penal Code of Portugal applied to Macau. Like Hong Kong, criminal law in Macau is different from what is applied in China.