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(2) The report of the Registran or special Referee may be adopted wholly or partially by the Court, and if so adopted may be enforced as a judgment of the Court.
(3) The Court may also in any case, with the consent of both parties to an action, or of any parties between whom any questions in the action arise (such consent being signified by a submission) refer the action or the portions referred to in the submission to arbitration, in such manner and upon such terms as it shall think reasonable or just.
(4) In all cases of reference to a Registrar, special Referee, or Arbitrator, under any order of the Court, the Registrar, special! Referee, or Arbitrator shall be deemed to be an officer of the Court, and shall have such powers and authority, and shall con- duct the reference or arbitration in such manner as may be scribed by any Rules of Court, and subject thereto as the Court pre- may direct,
111. Subject to Rules of Court, the Court shall have authority to enforce any submission, or any award made thereunder, and to control and regulate the proceedings before and after the award, in such manner and on such terms as the Court thinks fit.
Bankruptcy.
112. Each Court shall, as far as circumstances admit, have, for and within its own district, with respect to the following classes of persons being either resident in China, or carrying on business there, namely, resident British subjects and their debtors and creditors, being British subjects, or foreigners submitting to the jurisdiction of the Court, all such jurisdiction in bankruptcy as for the time being belongs to the High Courts and the County Courts in England.
Matrimonial.
113. The Supreme Court shall, as far as circumstances admit. have for and within China, with respect to British subjects, all such jurisdiction in matrimonial causes as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England in like matters.
Lunacy.
114.-(1) The Supreme Court shall, as far as circumstances admit, have for and within China, in relation to British subjects, all such jurisdiction relative to the custody and management of the persons and estates of lunatics, as for the time being belongs to the Lord Chancellor or other Judge or Judges in England. intrusted by virtue of His Majesty's sign manual with the care and commitment of the custody of the persons and estates of lunatics, and also such jurisdiction as may be exercised in England by a judicial authority under the provisions of the Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5).
(2) A Provincial Court shall, as far as circumstances permit, have, in relation to British subjects, such jurisdiction relative to the custody and management of the persons and estates of
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lunatics as for the time being may be prescribed by Rules of Court, and until such Rules are made, and so far as such Rules do not apply, as may be exercised in England by a judicial authority and by the Masters in Lunacy under the provisions of the Lunacy Act, 1890.
(3) In any such case the Provincial Court may, of its own motion, or on the application of any person interested, take or authorise such steps as to the Court may seem necessary or expedient for the immediate protection of the person and property of any person appearing to the Court to be a lunatic, and may, from time to time, revoke, or vary, or supplement any order or proceeding taken in the matter.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Article and to any Rules of Court, a Provincial Court shall not proceed in any such matter except under and according to the directions of the Supreme Court.
(5) Sections 5 to 7 of the Lunatics Removal (India) Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 81), shall apply to China, with the sub- stitution of the Supreme Court for the Supreme Court of Judicature at any of the presidencies of India."
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Probate and Administration.
115. All real or immovable property situate in China, and belonging at the time of his death to any British subject dying after the commencement of this Order, shall be deemed to be personal estate, and the devolution thereof, in case of intestacy, shall be regulated according to the law of England for the time being relating to personal estate.
116. (1) The Supreme Court shall, as far as circumstances admit, have, for and within China, with respect to the wills and the property in China of deceased British subjects, all such juris- diction as for the time being belongs to the High Court in England.
(2) A Provincial Court shall have power to grant probate or letters of administration where there is no contention respecting the right to the grant.
(3) Probate or administration granted by a Court under this Order shall have effect over all the property of the deceased within China, and shall effectually discharge persons dealing with an executor or administrator thereunder, notwithstanding that any defect afterwards appears in the grant.
117. Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 94), is extended to China with the adaptation following, namely:
The Supreme Court is substituted for a Court of Probate in a Colony.
118. (1) Where a Court of Probate in the United Kingdom or in any British Fossession to which the Colonial Probates Act. 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. 6), for the time being extends, has granted probate or letters of administration or confirmation in respect of
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