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bar 31 OCT 99
AT THE COURT AT BALMORAL,
The 20th day of October, 1898.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
W
DUKE OF FIFE
EARL OF KINTORE
LORD GEORGE HAMILTON.
HEREAS by Treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, Her Majesty the Queen has jurisdiction in China and Japan.
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the "Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of the Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. The Registrar of Her Majesty's Supreme Court for China and Japan shall be appointed by Her Majesty.
He shall be either a member of the Bar of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or a solicitor of the Supreme Court in England or Ireland, or a writer to Her Majesty's Signet, or a solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
He may also, with the approval of the Secretary of State, hold the office of Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court.
In case of the absence or illness of the Registrar, or during a vacancy in the office of Registrar, or during the employment of the Registrar in another capacity, or on emergency, the Chief Justice may, by writing under his hand and the Seal of the Supreme Court,
i O. C. (29)756.