WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
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(2) The following enactments of "The Colonial Courts of Admiralty 53 & 54 Vict. Act, 1890,” that is to say, section 2, sub-sections (2) to (4); sections 5 and 6; section 16, sub-section (3); shall apply to the High Court as if that Court were a Colonial Court of Admiralty, and as if the said territories were a British possession; and for the purpose of this application the expressions "judgment" and "appeal" shall in the enactments so applied have the same respective meanings as are assigned thereto in section 15 of the said Act.
65. The High Court shall, as far as circumstances admit, have, for Lunacy and within the said territories, all such jurisdiction relative to the custody and management of the persons and estates of lunatics, as for the time being belongs to the Lord Chancellor or other Judge or Judges in England entrusted by virtue of His Majesty's Sign Manual with the care and commitment of the custody of the persons and estates of lunatics.
66.-(1) The High Court shall, as far as circumstances admit, have Matrimonial for and within the said territories all such jurisdiction, except the jurisdiction relative to dissolution, or nullity, or jactitation of marriage, as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England.
(2) The High Court shall have the like jurisdiction in relation to native marriages as would be exercised by any Chinese Court if His Majesty had not acquired power and jurisdiction in the said territories, and subject to the provisions of any Ordinance, may exercise the same in accordance with Chinese law and custom so far as consistent with justice and morality, observing, nevertheless the procedure of the High Court, so far as is practicable.
67.-(1) The High Court shall be a Court of Probate, and, as such, Probate shall, so far as circumstances admit, have all such jurisdiction as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England in cases of probate and administration of estates.
(2) The Commissioner may by Ordinance confer on Magistrates or on any Magistrate named or designated in the Ordinance in this behalf, jurisdiction in cases of probate and administration.
(3) In all cases where the deceased was a native, effect shall be given to Chinese law and custom so far as the same are consistent with justice.
Appeal in Civil Cases.
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68.—(1) Where a civil action in the High Court involves the amount Appeals to or value of 500 dollars or upwards, any party aggrieved by any decision Supreme of the Court in the action shall have the right to appeal to the Supreme Hongkong. Court against the same on the following conditions, namely:-
(i) The appellant shall give security to the satisfaction of the Judge, and to such amount as the Judge thinks reasonable, not exceeding 2,000 dollars; for prosecution of the appeal, and for payment of any costs that may be ordered by the Supreme Court on the appeal to be paid by the appellant to any person.