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(b) all rules of construction enacted by the said Act shal have effect as if this Order were an English Act of Parliament;
(c) the following words and expressions shall have the mean-
ings hereby assigned to them :—
British ship" means a merchant-ship being a British ship within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, (a) and, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a ship belonging to any British subject;
British subject "includes a British protected person;
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Consular officer means a Consul-General, Consul, Vice- Consul, Consular Agent, or pro-Consul of His Majesty resident in Egypt, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for a Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of His Majesty so resident; and
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(a) Commissioned Consular Officer " means a Consular officer holding a commission of Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul from His Majesty, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for such a commissioned officer : Uncommissioned Consular Officer means a Consular officer not holding such a commission, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as or for such an uncommissioned Consular officer.
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Consulate and Consular office mean the Consulate and office of a Consular Officer.
The Court , except when the reference is to a particular Court, means any Court established under this Order, but this construction shall not affect, by implication, the provisions of this Order with respect to powers and local jurisdictions;
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Egyptian waters means the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Egypt;
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Foreigner means a subject or citizen of a State in amity with His Majesty, including Egypt, and "foreign refers to such State;
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High Commissioner means His Majesty's High Com- missioner for Egypt, and includes any officer being or acting as His Majesty's Representative in Egypt;
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Judgment" includes decree, order, sentence, or decision; Legal practitioner includes barrister-at-law, advocate, solicitor, writer to the Signet, and any person possessing similar qualifications;
Master with respect to any ship, has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894;*
"Minutes means the minutes of proceedings ordered to be drawn up by Article 140 hereof;
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"Offence
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includes crime, and any act or omission punish-
able by criminal proceedings whether summary or otherwise.
Pounds means pounds sterling.
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"Prescribed
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means prescribed by Rules of Court.
means complainant or any person appointed or allowed by the Court to prosecute, and includes the Crown Prosecutor.
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Proved means shown by evidence on oath to the satis- faction of the Court or Consular officer acting or having juris- diction in the matter, and proof means the evidence so accepted by the Court or Consular officer.
Rules of Court means Rules of Court made under the pro- visions of this Order.
Secretary of State Secretaries of State.
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means one of His Majesty's Principal
Ship" includes every kind of vessel used in navigation, by whatever means propelled, with her tackle, furniture, and apparel, and any other boat or other craft.
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Treaty includes any Capitulations, Convention, Agreement or Arrangement, made by or on behalf of His Majesty with any State or Government, King, Chief, people or tribe, whether His Majesty the King of Egypt is or is not a party thereto.
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Will" has the same meaning as in the Wills Act, 1837.(a)
4. The jurisdiction conferred by this Order extends to the persons, matters and things following, in so far as by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty has jurisdiction in relation thereto, that is to say :-
(i) British subjects, when within the limits of this Order; (ii) foreigners, when within the limits of this Order, who are the nationals of or protected by any state or govern- ment which by treaty or otherwise has agreed with His Majesty for, or consents to, the exercise of power or authority in regard to them by His Majesty, to the extent of such agreement or consent.
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The persons referred to in (i) and (ii) above are hereinafter par- ticularly described as persons subject to this Order.
(iii) the property and all personal or proprietary rights and liabilities, being or arising within the said limits, of British subjects, whether such subjects are within the said limits or not;
(iv) British subjects outside the limits of this Order on whom a writ of summons or other process may be served in accordance with the Rules of Court;
(v) foreigners in the cases and according to the conditions
specified in this Order, and not otherwise;
(vi) British ships and the persons and property on board thereof, or belonging thereto, being within the limits of this Order;
(vii) British aircraft, being within the limits of this Order.
(a) 7 W. 4 & 1 V. c. 26.
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