Editing Provisional Legislative Council (section)

{{Short description|Hong Kong legislature}}
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{{Infobox Parliament
|name          = Provisional Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region<br />{{nobold|香港特別行政區臨時立法會}}
|coa_pic       = Emblem of the Provisional Legislative Council.svg
|established        = {{start date and age|df=yes|1997|1|25}}
|disbanded          = {{start date and age|df=yes|1998|6|30}}
|session_room  = 
|house_type    = Unicameral
|houses        = 
|leader1_type  = President
|leader1       = [[Rita Fan]]
|party1        = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|election1     = 
|preceded_by        = [[List of Legislative Council of Hong Kong members elected in 1995|Colonial Legislative Council]]
|succeeded_by       = [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council HKSAR]]
|members       = 60
|p_groups      = 
|voting_system1     = [[Plurality-at-large voting|Plurality-at-large]] by [[Selection Committee (Hong Kong)|Selection Committee]]
|election3     = [[1996 Hong Kong provisional legislative election|21 December 1996]]
|meeting_place = [[Huaxia Art Centre]] <small>(February–June 1997)</small> <br /> [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]] <small>(1 July 1997)</small> <br /> [[Old Supreme Court Building, Hong Kong|Legislative Council Building]] <small>(1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998)</small>
|website       = 
}}
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|t=香港特別行政區臨時立法會
|s=香港特别行政区临时立法会
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|y=Hēung góng dahk biht hàhng jing kēui làhm sìh lahp faat wuih
|p=Xiānggǎng Tèbiéxíngzhèngqū Línshí Lìfǎhuì
}}
The '''Provisional Legislative Council''' ('''PLC''') was the interim legislature of [[Hong Kong]] that operated from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in [[Guangzhou]] and sat in [[Shenzhen]] from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong), until the [[Handover of Hong Kong|1997 handover]] when it moved to Hong Kong to temporarily replace the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]]. 

The legislature was established by the [[Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]] by resolution at its Second Plenary Session on 24 March 1996. The 60 members of the PLC were elected on 21 December 1996 by the 400-member Selection Committee for the First Government of the HKSAR, which also elected the first Chief Executive. The official start date for this council was on 25 January 1997.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/intro/hist_lc.htm History of the Legco]</ref>