H.B.M. SUBJECTS IN SIAM
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108.-(1.) The Judge of the Court for Siam may make Rules of Court for the regulation of all matters of civil and criminal procedure.
Provision may, amongst other things, be made by such Rules-
(a.) For prescribing forms of procedure;
(b.) For regulating the mode in which legal practitioners are to be admitted
to practice as such;
(c.) For prescribing and enforcing the fees to be taken in respect of any proceedings under this Order, not exceeding, as regards any matters provided for by the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891, fees fixed and allowed from time to time by any Order in Council made under that Act;
(d.) For prescribing a scale of payments to be made to a complainant or witness or a jury or assessors (in criminal cases only), and the conditions upon which an order may be made by the Court for such payments; (e.) For prescribing scale of costs to be paid to practitioners;
(f) For taking and transmitting depositions of witnesses for use at trials in
a British possession or in the United Kingdom.
(2.) Rules framed under this Article shall not have effect until approved by the Secretary of State, and, so far as they relate to fees and costs, sanctioned by the Treasury; but in case of urgency declared in any such Rules with the approval of the Minister, the same shall have effect unless and until they are disapproved by the Secretary of State, and notification of such disapproval is received and published by the Judge.
(3.) Until such Rules have been made, or in relation to matters to which they do not extend, a Court may adopt and use any procedure or forms heretofore in use in the Courts in Siam, with any modifications or adaptations which may be necessary.
109-110-111. Same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea.
112.—(1.) Whenever under this Order any person is to be taken for trial or imprisonment to the Court for Siam, or elsewhere in Siam, or to Singapore, England, or elsewhere, the Court or other authority by this Order authorized to cause him to be so taken may for that purpose (if necessary) cause him to be embarked on board one of His Majesty's vessels of war, or if there is no such vessel available, then on board any British or other fit vessel, at any port or place whether within or beyond the particular jurisdiction or district of that Court or authority, and in order to such embarkment may (if necessary) cause him to be taken, in custody or otherwise, by land or by water, from any place to the port or place of embarkment.
(2.) (3.) Same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea.
(4.) Where the writ, order, or warrant issues from the Court for Siam, and is executed by a District Court [the provisions are the same as in the Order in Council for China and Corea.]
113.-(1.) Subject to the other provisions of this Order, all expenses of removal of prisoners and others from or to any place in Siam, or from or to Singapore, and the expenses of the sending of any person to England or elsewhere, shall be defrayed in such manner as the Secretary of State from time to time directs.
(2.) Any master of a British ship when required shall be bound to take such persons for a reasonable remuneration, to be determined by a Judge of the Court for Siam, and in case of non-compliance shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50.
114.--(1.) Every District Court shall execute any warrant, summons, writ, order, or other process issuing from the Court for Siam, and may take security from any person named in such warrant, summons, writ, order, or other process for his appear- ance personally or by attorney, and may, in default of security being given, or when the Court for Siam so orders, send the person in custody to Bangkok, or to such other place as may be named in the order.
(2.) For the purposes of this Article the District Court may, where such course is convenient, send the person on board one of His Majesty's vessels of war to such port as may be named in the order, or, if no vessel of war is available, then on board some British or other fit vessel.
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