 The Court of First Instance found in "Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration" that this definition of "ordinarily resident" contravenes Article 24 of the Basic Law.The latter stipulates, "Persons not of Chinese nationality who have entered Hong Kong with valid travel documents, have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years and have taken Hong Kong as their place of permanent residence before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region", feeding speculation that domestic helpers could obtain the right of abode.An appeal was made to the Court of Appeal of the High Court, which overturned the judgment of the Court of First Instance.