granted unto them by this present proclamation, be governed by such Laws and Ordinances in that behalf as may be enacted in the manner
and form aforesaid by the Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's Subjects in China for the time being, being the Governor of Hongkong. and in further exercise of the powers in Her Majesty
vested by the above recited
Act for removing Doubts
as to the exercise of
Power and Certainty init ...
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of power and jurisdiction "by Her Majesty within divers places out of her "Dominions and for rendering " the same more effectually Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, appoint the Island of Hongkong as the British Colony wherein crimes and offences committed by British Subjects
within the Dominions
of the Emperor of China which it may be expedient
Should ...