CO129-428 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 270

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AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

The 30th day of November, 1915.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

LORD PRESIDENT

LORD STAMFORDHAM

WE

China:

MR. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER

SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY.

HEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in

And whereas it is desirable to make further provision with reference to the exercise of jurisdiction over British Companies carrying on business within the limits of this Order:

NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise, in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as The China (Companies) Order in Council, 1915," and shall be read as one with the “ China Order, 1904," (hereinafter called the "Principal Order"), and with any Order amending the same.

2. In this Order—

"The Ordinance' means "The Companies Ordinance, 1911, of the Colony of Hong Kong," and includes any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same.

-0. C. 3188.

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