ORDERS IN COUNCIL
ORDER OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN COUNCIL
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S
SUBJECTS IN CHINA AND COREA
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 24TH DAY OF October, 1904
PRESENT:
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
LORD PRESIDENT.
MR. SECRETARY BRODRICK.
LORD WINDSOR.
MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAY.
WHEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the dominions of the Emperor of China and of the Emperor of Corea;
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased by and with the advice of his Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.
Division Order.
1. This Order is divided into parts, as follows:
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PARTS.
SUBJECT.
ARTICLES.
I
Preliminary and General
1-6
II
III
Constitution and Powers of Courts Criminal Matters
7-34
35-88
IV
Civil Matters
89-117
V
Procedure, Criminal and Civil
118-128
VI
Mortgages and Bills of Sale...
129-150
VII
Foreign Subjects and Tribunals
151-154
VIII
Regulations
155-159
IX
Miscellaneous...
160-171
Limits of Order.
Schedule of Repealed Orders.
2. The limits of this Order are the dominions of the Emperor of China and of the Emperor of Corea, including the territorial waters of those dominions respectively; but, except as provided in this Order, the said limits do not include places within the limits of the Wei-hai-wei Order in Council, 1901.