CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 402

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and 1908 over such companies could not be

exercised here over China Companies as such

under the Order in Council. Provision for

such control being necessary, it is well that

it should be exorcised under the Crder-in-

Council, as there does not appear to be any

reason for limiting the powers of our local

registrar in this mtter.

3. As to the jurisdiction of his Lajesty's

Supreme Court for thâna and the law applicable

to "China Companies", I think that Jurisdiction

should be complete and that in so far as the

new Companies Ordinance (amended as suggated)

does not otherwise provide, and in regard to

all mtter: not specifically dealt with by it,

the law applicable by the Supreme Court here

should be the law of .ngland for the time being.

Article 17 of the revised draft Order says

"nothing in this order shall prejudice or

*affect the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

"over