the
being brought to trial before
the Foreign Countries.
have canvassed
Courts of wherein they may try such offences . - which might be raised
.
All doubts, therefore,
owing
to the rather obscure provisions of
above recited Ordinance Severally.
the
to
of Wongting, having been removed by this
the
candid and
faithful explanation, The Chancellor the Governor of the Province of Areas,
Timor, and Solor, must understand
that the resolution of the British Government,
•
approving of
the
Ordinance, has
240
that
other
effect
than to extend to the Courts of Hong Kong the jurisdiction exercised
by
the Courts
in the
of England, provided for by the
H
e IV,
abovementioned Act 9th George
copy of which is annexed; and
( a
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consequently that British
Subjects resident in the city of the Holy Name of God,
Macao, are
subject thereto
as they have been heretofore, to the Jurisdiction of the Portuguese
Courts.
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Palace at Belem, 5th September, 1845.
(Signed) Joaquim José Tolcão.
(There follows the Act 9 Geo. Cap: 34. Sect: 4).
Tone
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Copy - Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 28th August, 1845.
Certified
(Signed) Antonio Joaquin Fonseca
d'Oliveira.
Office for
the
Affairs of the
Marine