The Organic Statute of Macau ( pt, Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, EOM; ) was a Portuguese
organic law (Law No. 1/76) that provided for government in
Portuguese Macau
Portuguese Macau (officially the Province of Macau until 1976, and then the Autonomous Region of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the ...
. Approved on 17 February 1976, the
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
legislation also reclassified Macau as a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration" (''território chinês sob administração portuguesa'').
The organic statute was successively amended by Law No. 53/79 of 14 September 1979, Law No. 13/90 of 10 May 1990, and Law No. 23-A/96 of 29 July 1996.
On December 20, 1999, the organic statute ceased to have effect following the implementation of the
Macau Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( zh, 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區基本法, pt, Lei Básica da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China) is ...
, as the territory became a
special administrative region of the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
See also
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Portuguese Macau
Portuguese Macau (officially the Province of Macau until 1976, and then the Autonomous Region of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese Empire, Portuguese colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the ...
*
Hong Kong Royal Instructions
The expression 'Hong Kong Royal Instructions' is most commonly used to refer to the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917, one of the principal constitutional documents of British Hong Kong (others being the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917, the Hong Kon ...
(esp.
the ones from 1917) and
Hong Kong Letters Patent
The expression Hong Kong Letters Patent is most commonly used to refer to the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917, one of the principal constitutional documents of British Hong Kong (others being the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1960, the Hong Kong Letters ...
(esp.
the ones from 1917),
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...
equivalents
External links
Original text of the ''Estatuto Orgânico de Macau''Law No. 53/79 of 14 September 1979Law No. 13/90 of 10 May 1990Law No. 23-A/96 of 29 July 1996
Politics of Macau
Macau law
Basic Law of Macau
1976 in law
Law of Portugal
Repealed Portuguese legislation
1976 establishments in Macau
1999 disestablishments in Macau
February 1976 events in Asia
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