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Preamble.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of January, 1860.
Present:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 6 & 7 Vict., c. 94. sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to remove doubts as to the exer- cise of power and jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty to hold, exercise, and enjoy, any power or jurisdiction which Her Majesty now hath, or at any time hereafter may have, within any country or place out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the same and as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had acquired such power or jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory:
1859.
And whereas Her Majesty hath power and juris. diction in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan: And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, on the third day of March, A.D. 1859, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to issue a certain Order for the exercise of the said power and jurisdiction:
And whereas it is expedient at the present time to make further provision for the due exercise of the jurisdiction possessed by Her Majesty, as aforesaid, in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the above-recited Act of Parliament, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order; and it is hereby ordered as follows:-
Repeal of Order in I. The above-recited Order of the third day of Council of March 3, March, A.D. 1859, shall be, and the same is hereby revoked and cancelled, save and except as to all acts, matters, and things, heretofore duly done under and in conformity with the said Order, or which hereafter be duly done under and in conformity with the same, previously to the day next succeeding the day on which this Order shall be received by the Consul-General in Japan.
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