（三）签署立法会通过的法案，公布法律；

　　(3) To sign bills passed by the Legislative Council and to promulgate laws;

　　签署立法会通过的财政预算案，将财政预算、决算报中央人民政府备案；

　　to sign budgets passed by the Legislative Council and report the budgets and final accounts to the Central People’s Government for the record;

　　（四）决定政府政策和发布行政命令；

　　(4) To decide on government policies and to issue executive orders;

　　（五）提名并报请中央人民政府任命下列主要官员：各司司长、副司长，各局局长，廉政专员，审计署署长，警务处处长，入境事务处处长，海关关长；建议中央人民政府免除上述官员职务；

　　(5) To nominate and to report to the Central People’s Government for appointment the following principal officials: Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of Departments, Directors of Bureaux, Commissioner Against Corruption, Director of Audit, Commissioner of Police, Director of Immigration and Commissioner of Customs and Excise;and to recommend to the Central People’s Government the removal of the above-mentioned officials;

　　（六）依照法定程序任免各级法院法官；

　　(6) To appoint or remove judges of the courts at all levels in accordance with legal procedures;

　　（七）依照法定程序任免公职人员；

　　(7) To appoint or remove holders of public office in accordance with legal procedures;

　　（八）执行中央人民政府就本法规定的有关事务发出的指令；

　　(8) To implement the directives issued by the Central People’s Government in respect of the relevant matters provided for in this Law;

　　（九）代表香港特别行政区政府处理中央授权的对外事务和其他事务；