Revision of deci- sions of subordinate Consular officers.
Appeal against convictions for breach of Treaties or of Rules and
Regulations.
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twenty days, report his decision, with all the parti- culars of the case, together with the dissent of the Assessors or either of them, and the grounds thereof, to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Her Majesty's Principal Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs shall have authority to confirm or vary, or reverse, the decision of the Consul, as to him may seem fit: Provided always, that if an appeal shall be entered against the decision of the Consul, no such report shall be made to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the ground of the dissent of the Assessors, or either of them, but the appeal shall be prosecuted in the manner hereinafter ordered.
VIII. And it is further ordered, that in any ques- tion relating to the observance of Treaties, or of the rules and regulations for the observance of Treaties, or of rules and regulations other than those for the observance of Treaties, a report of any and every decision made by a subordinate Consular Officer, with or without the aid of Assessors, shall be sent in to the superior Consular Officer of the district, and that on the receipt of such report, the superior Consular Officer of such district shall proceed, with- out Assessors, to revise such decision as to him may seem fit, and such revision shall have, for the pur- poses of this Order, the same effect as if the case had been originally heard and determined by such superior Consular Officer, with or without the aid of Assessors: Provided always, that in any case in which the Assessors, or either of them, shall dissent from a decision of a subordinate Consular Officer, such decision shall not be subject to revision by the superior Consular Officer, but, in the event of no appeal being entered as aforesaid, shall be submitted to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for revision, in the same manner as if such decision had been originally made by the superior Consular Officer.
IX. And it is further ordered, that any party tried and convicted before a Consul for a breach of any Treaty between Her Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan, or for a breach of rules and regulations for the observance of any such Treaty, or for a breach of rules and regulations other than those relating to
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