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accidental miscalculation or from some

other reasonable cause, and not from any

want of good faith, the court may, if

under all the circumstances it considers

it just so to do, give relief from any

forfeiture or penalty, which has been

he incurred by the applicant, or to which is,

or may be, liable upon such terms as it

may think fit.

14. (1) Subject to the provisions

of this Order the jurisdiction of the

Court in respect of all British Companies

carrying on business in China shall be

exercised so far as circumstances admit

in conformity with the provisions of the

Ordinance.

(2) Where reference is made or in-

ferred in any section of the Ordinance to

any other Ordinance of the colony of

Hongkong which does not apply within the

limits of this Order such section shall

be read as though the corresponding law

or enactment applicable in England were

referred