The Organic Statute of Macau ( pt, Estatuto Orgânico de Macau, EOM; ) was a Portuguese
organic law
An organic law is a law, or system of laws, that form the foundation of a government, corporation or any other organization's body of rules. A constitution is a particular form of organic law for a sovereign state.
By country France
Under Articl ...
(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 colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the end of colonial ru ...
. Approved on 17 February 1976, the
Portuguese 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 List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, sli ...
.
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 colony that existed from the first official Portuguese settlement in 1557 to the end of colonial ru ...
*
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 Ko ...
(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 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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