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From CHINA,
Telegram (en clair) from Sir M. Lampson (Nanking,
D.
via Peking). 27th March, 1931.
R. 10.00 p.m., 28th March, 1931.
No. 79 (Tour).
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Legal Counsellors.
First sentence unchanged.
Then insert following.
"There shall also be included amongst these Legal
Counsellors one Legal Counsellor of Chinese nationality
to be similarly selected and appointed from among Chinese
legal experts possessing the same training, qualifications
and experience. The names, and the amount and conditions
of payment (then continue as in No. 45 down to last three
sentences for which substitute the following). In all
cases in which British subjects are involved as defendants
a foreign Legal Counsellor shall be present at the
hearings of the cases in both the High and District
Courts and judgment shall be reserved until he has made
within three days after the conclusion of the trial such
observations as he may desire to the Judges in Chambers
and, in the event of the Judges failing to give them dus
consideration execution of the judgment will be suspended
until the observations of the Legal Counsellors have been
considered by the Ministry of Justice, which will take
such action as it deems appropriate in the interest of
justice. The Chinese Court referred to in Article 1
shall not begin to exercise jurisdiction over British
subjects
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