The adaptations were necessary to maintain the laws previously in force, to remove colonial terminology and to ensure that laws were consistent with the Basic Law.

• 为保留过去一直沿用的法例，为剔除有殖民地色彩的字眼，以及为确保香港的法例与《基本法》没有抵触，进行法律适应化工作是必需的。