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abroad in such and such a manner shall be received in the Court of Probate in Hongkong.

It may not be out of place to remark that the clauses in question were taken almost verbatim from the Act of the Imperial Parliament 22 & 23 Vict. Cap. 95.

§§. 31 & 32. – In adopting them it was conceived that the language of sections which had received the sanction of the Imperial Legislature was sufficiently plain. And further if the sections which have hitherto stood as Sections X and XI of Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 were erroneously framed, so also must be the corresponding sections of the Act above mentioned.

A further exception taken to Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 was that Section XV purported to give the Court in Hongkong powers which could only be granted by Imperial Parliament, e.g., the power to issue a mandamus to the Supreme Courts in other Colonies.

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01 abroad in such and such a manner shall be received in the Court of Probate in Hongkong. It may not be out of place to remark that the clauses in question were taken almost verbatim from the Act of the Imperial Parliament 22 & 23 Vict. Cap. 95. §§. 31 & 32. – In adopting them it was conceived that the language of sections which had received the sanction of the Imperial Legislature was sufficiently plain. And further if the sections which have hitherto stood as Sections X and XI of Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 were erroneously framed, so also must be the corresponding sections of the Act above mentioned. A further exception taken to Ordinance No. 8 of 1860 was that Section XV purported to give the Court in Hongkong powers which could only be granted by Imperial Parliament, e.g., the power to issue a mandamus to the Supreme Courts in other Colonies.

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4. 01 abroad in such and such a manner shall be received. in the bount of Probate in Hongkong It may not be out of place to remark that the tion were clances in question taken almost Verbation from the act of the Imperial Parliament 21722 Vict. Capt. 95. adopting $$. 31 7 32. – In so them it was conceived that the language of sections which had received the sanction of the Imperial Legislature was sufficiently plain - And further if the Sections which have hitherto stood as sections X and XI of Ordinance W. 8 of 1860 were med so also erroneously framed must be the corresponding sections of the act above mentioned. was A further exception taken to Ordinance W. 8 of 1860 in that section XV purported to give the Court in Honghong powers which could only be granted by Imperial Parliament,eg the power to issue a mandamus to the Supreme Courts in other Colonies.

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abroad in such and such a

manner

shall be received.

in the bount of Probate in

Hongkong

It may not be out of place to remark that the

tion were

clances in question

taken almost Verbation from the act of the Imperial Parliament 21722 Vict. Capt. 95.

adopting

$$. 31 7 32. – In so

them it was conceived that

the language of sections

which had received the sanction of the Imperial Legislature was

sufficiently plain - And further if the

Sections which have hitherto stood as sections X and XI

of Ordinance W. 8 of 1860 were

med so also

erroneously framed must be the corresponding sections of

the act above

mentioned.

was

A further exception taken to Ordinance W. 8 of

1860 in that section XV

purported to give the Court in Honghong powers which could only be granted by Imperial Parliament,eg

the

power to issue a mandamus to the Supreme Courts in

other Colonies.

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