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other documents, shall extend and be applied for all purposes as if the Courts, districts, and places to which this Order applies were in a British Colony.
232. (1) The Orders in Council mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed, but this repeal shall not-
(a) Affect the past operation of those Orders, or any of them, or any appointinent made, or any right, title, obliga- tion, or liability accrued, or the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered under any of those Orders, before the making of this Order;
(b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any pro- ceeding or action, criminal or civil, in respect of any offence committed against, or forfeiture incurred or liability accrued under or in consequence of any pro- vision of, any of those Orders, or any Regulation con- firmed by any such Order or made thereunder;
(c) Take away or abridge any protection or benefit given or
to be enjoyed in relation thereto.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Orders aforesaid, all Rules and Regulations approved or confirmed by or under any Order so repealed shall continue and be as if this Order had not been made but so that the same may be revoked, altered, or otherwise dealt with under this Order, as if they had been made under this Order.
(3) Criminal or civil proceedings begun under any of the Orders repealed by this Order, and pending at the time when this Order comes into operation, shall, from and after that time, be regulated by the provisions of this Order, as far as the nature and circum- stances of each case admits.
(4) Lists of jurors and assessors in force at the passing of this Order shall continue in force until revised and settled under the provisions of this Order.
233. The Judge and Assistant Judge, and any Sheriff, Crown Advocate, Registrar, Chief Clerk, Marshal, or other official, appointed under any Order in Council repealed by this Order, shall, without further appointment, continue to hold their respec- tive offices under this Order.
234. Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation in China of any of the following:-
The China (Shipping Registry) Order in Council, 1904 (8.R.
& O., 1904, No. 1370).
The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality Order in Council, 1904
(S.R. & O., 1904, No. 1654).
The Foreign Jurisdiction (Probates) Order in Council, 1908
(S.R. & O., 1908, No. 779).
The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty) Order in Council, 1910
(S.R. & O., 1910, No. 1183).
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235.-(1) This Order shall take effect on such day not less than one month nor more than three months after it is first exhibited in the public office of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, as the Minister shall by public notification appoint.
(2) The day on which this Order so takes effect is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order.
(3) For the purposes of this article the Judge of the Supreme Court shall forthwith, on the receipt by him from the Minister of a certified printed copy of this Order, cause the same to be affixed and exhibited conspicuously in that office, together with the said notification.
(4) He shall also keep the same so affixed and exhibited until the commencement of this Order.
(5) A copy of the said notification shall, as soon as practicable, be published at each of the Provincial Consulates in such manner as the Supreme Court may direct.
(6) Proof shall not in any proceeding or matter be required that the provisions of this Article have been complied with, nor shall any act or proceeding be invalidated by any failure to comply with any of such provisions.
(7) Where this Order confers power to make any appointment, Rules, or Regulations, or to do any other thing for the purposes of this Order, that power may be exercised at any time after the passing of this Order, so, however, that any such appointment, Rules, or Regulations shall not take effect before the commence- ment of this Order.
236. This Order may be cited as The China Order in Council, 1924.”’
And the Right Honourable JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD, First Lord of the Treasury, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.
First Schedule.
1. Records and Cases in Appeals to His Majesty in Council shall be printed in the form known as Demy Quarto.
2. The size of the paper used shall be such that the sheet, when folded and trimmed, will be 11 inches in height and 8 inches in width.
3. The type to be used in the text shall be pica type, but long primer shall be used in printing accounts, tabular matter, and notes.
4. The number of lines in each page of pica type shall be forty-seven or thereabouts, and every tenth line shall be numbered in the margin.
Second Schedule.
An Order in Council of the 23rd day of October, 1877, relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in China.
The China Order in Council, 1904 (S.R. & 0., 1904, No. 1656). The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1907 (S.R. & O., 1907, No. 107).
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