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186. (1) All fees, fines, penalties, or other sums of money which, under the provisions of this Order or any Regulations or Rules of Court, are stated or imposed in terms of British currency shall, if not paid in British gold, be paid in Egypt in coins or notes which are legal tender in Egypt. The amount of all such payments, if not made in British gold, shall be calcu- lated at a rate of exchange which will cover the cost of their remittance to London.
(2) For the purposes of the ascertainment of the value of any income for any purpose of qualification or of any limitation of security, in any case where this Order or any Rule or Regula- tion contains a reference to British currency, the rate of Ex- change of 975 milliemes to the pound sterling shall be applied.
187. Except as in this Order otherwise provided, all fees, dues, fines, and other receipts under this Order shall be carried to the public account, and shall be accounted for and paid as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, directs.
188. (1) Not later than the 31st March in each year the Judge shall send to the Secretary of State a report on the opera- tion of this Order up to the 31st January in that year, showing for the then last twelve months the number and nature of the proceedings, criminal and civil, taken in the Court under this Order, and the result thereof, and the number and amount of fees received, and such other information, and in such form, the Secretary of State from time to time directs.
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(2) Each Provincial and Local Court shall, at such time as may be fixed by Rules of Court, furnish to the Supreme Court an annual report of every case, civil and criminal, brought before it, in such form as the Supreme Court directs.
(3) The report of a Local Court shall be sent through the Provincial Court.
189.-(1) A printed copy of this Order shall be always kept exhibited in a conspicuous place in each Consular office and in each Court-house.
(2) Printed copies shall be sold at such reasonable prices as the Supreme Court directs.
190. Judicial notice shall be taken of this Order and of the commencement thereof, and of the appointment of Consuls, and of the constitution and limits of the Courts and districts, and of Consular seals and signatures, and of any Rules made or in force under this Order, and no proof shall be required of any of such matters.
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191. (1) The Orders in Council mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed within the limits of this Order, but this repeal shall not-
(i) affect the past operation of those Orders, or any of them, or any appointment made, or any right, title, obligation, or liability incurred, or the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered under any of those Orders, before the making of this Order; (ii) interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding or action, criminal or civil, in respect of any offence committed against, or forfeiture incurred or liability accrued under or in consequence of any provision of any of those Orders, or any Regulation made thereunder;
(iii) 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, and 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 in Council 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 circumstances 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.
(5) Until other Order is made under Articles 18 and 20 of this Order, Provincial and Local Courts existing at the commence- ment of this Order shall continue to be held at the same place and before the same officer as heretofore.
192. The Judge of the Supreme Court, the Crown Prosecutor, and any Registrar, Marshal, Officer, Clerk or other official, appointed under any Order in Council repealed by this Order, shall, without further appointment, continue to hold their re- spective offices under this Order.
193. Nothing in this Order shall affect the operation in Egypt of any of the following:-
The Consular Courts (Admiralty) Order in Council, 1894. (a)
The Foreign Jurisdiction Neutrality Order in Council, 1904.(b)
(a) S.R. & O. Rev., 1904, V, Foreign Jurisdiction, p. 37 (1894, No. 199).
(b) S.R. & 0. 1904 (No. 1654) p. 174.
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