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ORDER IN COUNCIL
Royal sign manual to appoint another person to be Judge or Assistant Judge (as the case may be), then, and in every such case, until the warrant of revocation or of new appointment is notified by the Minister to the person holding office, all powers and authorities vested in that person shall continue and be deemed to have continued in as full force and he shall continue, and be deemed to have continued, entitled to all the privileges and emoluments of the office as fully, and all things done by him shall be and be deemed to have been as valid in law as if such warrant of revocation or new appointment had not been made.
13. The Court for Siam shall have a seal, bearing the style of the Court and such device as the Secretary of State approves; but the seal in use at the commencement of this Order shall continue to be used until a new seal is provided.
(ii.) District Courts.
14.-(1.) Consular officers shall hold District Courts at such places in Siam as may from time to time be appointed under this Order.
(2.) The Minister may, by order in writing, with the previous or subsequent approval of the Secretary of State, appoint places at which District Courts shall be held, and may assign the district in and for which each such Court shall act, and may designate the Consular officer who shall hold such Court.
(3.) Every District Court shall be styled "His Britannic Majesty's District Court at
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(4.) Every District Court shall, with the approval of the Court for Siam, appoint a competent person, or persons, to perform such duties and to exercise such powers as are by this Order and any Rules of Court imposed and conferred upon the Registrar and Marshal, and any person so appointed shall perform such duties and exercise such powers accordingly.
(5.) Every District Court shall have a seal bearing its style and such device as the Secretary of State from time to time directs; but where such a seal is not provided, the seal of the Consular officer holding the Court may be used.
(iii.) Travelling District Judges.
15.-(1.) The Minister may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, appoint one or more Consular officers to act as Travelling District Judges.
(2.) A Travelling District Judge may, subject to this Order and to Rules of Court, and to the directions of the Minister, hold a Court at any place in Siam where he may think fit, and shall for this purpose have all the powers and authority of a District Court; and for the purposes of this Order the Court of a Travelling District Judge shall be deemed to be comprised within the term "District Court.'
(3.) The Court of a Travelling District Judge shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with any District Court within the limits of whose district it may be held.
(4.) The jurisdiction of a Travelling District Judge may be restricted by Rules of Court by the exclusion of any class or classes of cases as may seem expedient in the interests of justice.
(iv.) Powers of Courts.
16.-(1.) The Court for Siam shall have in all matters, civil and criminal, an original jurisdiction, concurrent with the jurisdiction of the several District Courts, to be exercised subject and according to the provisions of this Order.
(2.) The Court for Siam shall ordinarily sit at Bangkok, but may also as circumstances may require sit at any other place in Siam.
(3.) The Judge of the Court for Siam, or an Assistant Judge under the directions of the Judge, may visit, in a magisterial or judicial capacity, any place in Siam, and there inquire of, or hear and determine, any case, civil or criminal, and may examine any records or other documents in any District Court, and give directions as to the keeping thereof.
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