This is a list of bills that were introduced and passed into law and became ordinances of the territory by the Provisional Legislative Council that sat for a year from July 1997 to 1998.
Laws passed before 1 July 1997 were passed by the provisional legislature that sat while the outgoing legislature was still sitting. They were not in effect until the provisional legislature started its officially sittings and took over as the legislature of the territory on 1 July 1997.
Pre-Handover
Holidays (1997 and 1998) Bill - replaced former Ordinance and holidays like the Queen's Birthday and Liberation Day with National holidays of China and Reunification Day
Urban Council (Amendment) Bill 1997 - renaming it as Provisional Urban Council
Regional Council (Amendment) Bill 1997 - renaming it as Provisional Regional Council
District Boards (Amendment) Bill 1997 - renaming them as Provisional District Councils
The Legislative Council Commission (Amendment) Bill 1997
National Flag and National Emblem Bill - replaces former Ordinance and former symbols of British Hong Kong
Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Bill - replaces former Ordinance and former symbols of British Hong Kong
Societies (Amendment) Bill 1997
Public Order (Amendment) Bill 1997
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Amendment) Bill 1997 - replaces the role of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (High Court), references to the Attorney General of Hong Kong, Governor of Hong Kong
Judicial Service Commission (Amendment) Bill 1997
Immigration (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 1997 - regards to the HKSAR passport
Oaths and Declarations (Amendment) Bill 1997 - removes reference to Colonial Affidavits Act 1859, Supreme Court of Hong Kong, Commissioner for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891
Post Handover
Hong Kong Reunification Bill
United Nations Sanctions Bill
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport Bill
Immigration (Amendment) (No.5) Bill 1997
Chinese Nationality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Legislative Provisions (Suspension of Operation) Bill 1997
Electoral Affairs Commission Bill
Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 1997
Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 1997
Legislative Council Bill - replaces the role of the Boundary and Election Commission with the Election Commission
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 1997
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 1997
Employment and Labour Relations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 1997
Employment (Amendment) (No.5) Bill 1997
Occupational Deafness (Compensation) (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 1997
Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Bill 1997
Cross-Harbour Tunnel (Cross-Harbour Tunnel Regulations) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (Amendment) Bill 1997
Tate's Cairn Tunnel (Tate's Cairn Tunnel Regulations) (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (Amendment) Bill 1997
Provident Fund Schemes Legislation (Amendment) Bill 1997
Mass Transit Railway Corporation (Amenemdnt) Bill 1997
Protection of the Harbour (Amendment) Bill 1997
Housing (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 1997
Immigration (Amendment) Bill 1998
Housing (Amendment) Bill 1998
Hong Kong Bill of Rights (Amendment) Bill 1998 - amended Sections 3(3) and 4 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (1991) that contradicted with the Hong Kong Basic Law Article 39
Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Bill
Prevention of Copyright Piracy Bill
Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) (Amendment) Bill 1998
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 1998
Foreshore and Sea-bed (Reclamations) (Amendment) Bill 1998
Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 1998
Road Traffic (Validation of Collection of Fees) Bill
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (Amendment) Bill 1998
Building Management (Amendment) Bill 1998
Adaptation of Laws (Courts and Tribunals) Bill
Adaptation of Laws (References to Foreign Country, Etc.) Bill
Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Amendment) Bill 1998
Adaptation of Laws (Crown Land) Bill
Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 1998
Town Planning (Amendment) Bill 1998
Appropriation Bill 1998
Adaptation of Laws (Interpretative Provisions) Bill
Adaptation of Laws (Nationality Related Matters) Bill
Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill 1998
Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 1998
Stamp Duty (Amendment) Bill 1998
Stamp Duty (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 1998
Estate Duty (Amendment) Bill 1998
Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Bill 1998
Air Passessenger Departure Tax (Amendment) Bill 1998
Once passed, these bills became law or Ordinances.