Constitution

• 17 February 1976, Organic Law of Macau; Macau's future constitution, the "Basic Law", promulgated by China's National People's Congress on 31 March 1993, in effect 20 December 1999

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Executive

• Government of Macao (external link)
• Institute for Civic and Municipal Affairs of the Macau (external link)

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Judicial

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Legislative

• Cerimónia de Transferência de Poderes (external link) (Gabinete de Coordençao da Cerimónia de Transferência / The Macau Handover Ceremony Coordination Office) Includes - in Chinese, Portuguese and English - the relevant official handover documents (external link) of December 1999:
  • The Basic Law of The Macau Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China (external link); see also copy at University of Macau (external link)
  • Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Portugal on the Question of Macau
• NATLEX (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights; see China (external link) for current and Portugal (external link) for laws before 2000
• RefWorld Legal Information: Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Macao, China (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Macau (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Macau (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Library of Congress Search: Macau (Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• AsianLII: Macau, China (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Information Institute: Macau (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: Macau (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Maps: Macau (Library of Congress)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Macau (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Consular Information Sheet: Macau (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) (U.S. Dept. of State)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) (U.S. Dept. of State)
• U.S. Consulate, Hong Kong and Macau (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Macau (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)

For more information on Macau, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Macau
• Law Library of Congress Search: Macau

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Last Updated: 08/16/2017