WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
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11. Anything in this Order to the contrary notwithstanding, all natives Chinese resident within the walled city of Wei-hai-Wei shall continue to be under the jurisdiction of Chinese officials except so far as such jurisdiction may be inconsistent with the naval and military requirements of His Majesty, or with the peace, order, and good government of the said territories.
PART III—JUDICIAL.
12. There shall be and there is hereby established in and for the said territories a Court styled His Majesty's Court of Wei-hai-Wei, in this Order referred to as "the Court".
Until a Judge is appointed the High Court shall be held and constituted by the Commissioner, and thereafter by the Commissioner or the Judge, or by both sitting together.
The High Court shall be a Court of Record.
13. His Majesty may from time to time appoint a Judge under His Sign Manual.
He shall be a member of the Bar of England, Scotland, or Ireland.
In case of illness of the Judge, or of his absence from the said territories or from the place where the High Court usually sits, or in any other emergency, the Commissioner may temporarily appoint a person who has held judicial office in His Majesty's service, or otherwise has legal knowledge and experience, to be Acting Judge.
14. (1) The Secretary of State may appoint for any district or districts of the said territories a Magistrate or Magistrates, each of whom shall hold a Court.
(2) The Court of a Magistrate is in this Order included in the term "the Court", unless the context implies a reference to the High Court only.
15. Subject to the directions of the Secretary of State, and to the provisions of the Order, the Commissioner may from time to time appoint such and so many persons to be registrars, clerks, bailiffs, interpreters, and other officers of the Court as he thinks fit, and may prescribe their duties, and may remove from office any person so appointed.
16. All jurisdiction, criminal and civil, over all persons and in all cases respectively being and arising within the territories, shall, subject to and according to the provisions of this Order, be vested in the High Court.
17. The High Court may sit at any place in the said territories as occasion requires.
18. The whole or any part of the jurisdiction and authority of the High Court for or in respect of any district may, subject to the provisions of this Order, and of any Ordinance made thereunder, be exercised by the Magistrate (if any) appointed to act for that district and being therein.
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