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the cognizance whereof may at any time appertain to him, to be sent, in any of Her Majesty's ships of war, or in any British vessel, to the Colony of Hongkong, for trial before the Supreme Court of the said colony; and it shall be lawful for the commander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war or of any British vessel to receive any such person on board, with a warrant from the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, addressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the said colony, and thereupon to convey him in custody to Hongkong, and on his arrival there to deliver him, with the said warrant, into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other officer of Her Majesty within the said colony lawfully acting as such, who on the receipt of the said warrant and of the party therein named, shall be authorized to commit, and shall commit such party so sent for trial to the common gaol of the said colony, and it shall be lawful for the keeper of the said common gaol to cause such party to be detained in safe and proper custody, and to be produced upon the order of the said Supreme Court; and the Supreme Court at the sessions to be next holden shall proceed to hear and deter- mine the charge against such party in the same manner as if the crime, with which he may be charged, had been committed within the Colony of Hongkong.
XXXII. And it is further ordered, That the Chief Superin- Provisions with re-
tendent or Consul, on any occasion of sending a prisoner to gard to prisoners in 6 & 7 Vict., c. 94, to Hongkong for trial, shall observe the provisions made with be observed in sending regard to prisoners sent for trial to a British colony in an Act prisoners to Hong- passed in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled kong for trial.
"An Act to remove doubts as to the exercise of power and jur- isdiction by Her Majesty within divers countries and places out of Her Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual."
XXXIII. And it is further ordered, That the Supreme Supreme Court to have concurrent ju- Court of the Colony of Hongkong shall have and may exercise, risdiction with the concurrently with the Chief Superintendent or Consul,ˇ authority Chief Superintendent and jurisdiction in regard to all suits of a civil nature between or Consul in civil suits British subjects arising within any part of the dominions of the between Brit, subjects. Emperor of China; Provided always, that the said Supreme Court shall not be bound, unless in a fit case it shall deem it right so to do, by writ of certiorari or otherwise, to debar or prohibit the Chief Superintendent or Consul from hearing and determining, pursuant to the provisions of the several Articles of this Order, any suit of a civil nature between British subjects, or to stay the proceed- ings of the Chief Superintendent or Consul in any such matter.
XXXIV. And it is further ordered, That all trade what- Trade of British subjects to the north- soever of Her Majesty's subjects in, to, or from any part of the ward of 32nd degree coast of China to the northward of the thirty-second degree of North latitude unlaw-north latitude, shall be unlawful; and each and every party ful and punishable. engaged in such trade, as principal, agent, shipowner, shipmas- ter, or supercargo, shall be liable to be apprehended by any of Her Majesty's Consuls, and shall be sent by him to Hongkong in any of Her Majesty's ships of war or in any British vessel, for tral before the Chief Superintendent, and it shall be lawful for the Commander of any of Her Majesty's ships of war or of any British vessel, to receive any such party on board under a warrant from the said Consul addressed to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the Colony of Hongkong, and thereupon to convey him in custody to Hongkong, and on his arrival there to deliver him, with the said warrant, into the custody of the said Chief Magistrate of Police, or other officer of Her Majesty within the said colony lawfully acting as such, who on the receipt of the said warrant and of the party therein named, shall be authorized to commit, and shall commit such party so sent for trial to the common gaol of the said colony, and it shall be lawf