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there, and as they did in Chinu, that included in extrk= rritorial rights was the right of a 2wer enjoying them to Mulude in the persons entitled to its protection * "person",
company „o eated in a country whezein extraterritorial rights re enjoyed, so long wa such company was duly ingorporated jording to either the general coazeezoiɛl law of auch Zower,
in vocordance with special provisions made thereasto, js then urging the udvisability of providing for the creation
British 'China' Companies by the auta bli ahraent of & separate sunies „egistry at Shanghai independent of langkong or any her British Colony,
The decision of the inter-departmental conference of
13 was in the nature of a comprossime. The Coloniki «uthorities
ild not afford to lose the revenus derived from the incorporation registration of Companies, and it wan keranged, us provided in lole 17 of The China (Companies) Order in Council 1915, that: -
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"All fees preuazibed by or under the Ordinance "[llong-
kong Companies Ordinance 1911 or any amendment of awae) "ox by or under the Life Insurance uzdinence which are paid to the kegistrar of Companies &t Bhungli shall be paid by him to the Coloniei Zrelsum? at Hongkong".
As there oun, I think, be no serious question now of a
reion to the situation prior to the muking of the China Companies Jaz in Council 1915 us to jurisdiution over 'China' Companies, hed only say further in regard to paragraphs 1-6 of His ix- Denay'a despatch, underconsideration, that it ia/the possibility
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prosecution in a 100-1 Court having jurisdiction ovez com LA-NY
bials for their own aeta done within itu jurisdiction which on
such officials in remzombie check,
British directors in "China' companies now know, ea-
ially wince the making of the --manding Gråer in Cowieil of 1919,
It they may have to personally knower for their nots in China,
jahut they comɔt plead, us they would Ju-ve done, in the old
if ever processed against, that they had given shelf soligers