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«digned) WINSTON 8. CHURCHIL

desired

UPPLIED

FOR THE

LIC SERVIS FOREIGN JURISDICTION.

China.

SUPREME COURT, HONG Kosa.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 23rd day of October, 1877.

PRESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the 7th year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for the better govern- ment of Her Majesty's subjects resorting to China," it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order or Orders made with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, to ordain, for the government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any Ship or Vessel at a distance of not more than 100 miles from the Coast of China, any Law or Ordinance which to Her Majesty may seem mest, as fully and effectually as any such Law or Ordinance could be made by Her Majesty in Council for the government of Her Majesty's sub- jects being within the Island of Hong Kong:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, by Order in Council of the 9th day of March, 1865, to ordain (amongst other things) that all for Majesty's jurisdiction exerciseable in Chipa or Japan for the judicial hearing and determination of such matters as are by the 4th section of the said Chider specified should be exercised accord- ing to the provisions of the said Order and not otherwise, and that, save as expressly provided by the said Order, all jurisdic- tion, power and authority of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong exerciseable in relation to British subjects resident in or resort- ing to China or Japan should absolutely cease:

And whereas by the Foreigu Jurisdiction Amendment Act, 1866, it was enacted that it should be lawful for Her Majesty in Council, by Order in Council under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, to confer upon any Court in Her Majesty's Possessions out of the United Kingdom any jurisdiction which Her Majesty in Council might lawfully by any such Order confer on any Court in any Country or Place out of Her Majesty's Dominions within which Her Majesty has power or jurisdiction:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, by another Order in Council of the 28th day of March. 1868, to ordain (amongst other things) that in addition to the powers then vested in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong the said Supreme Court might have jurisdiction over and take cognizance of all crimes and offences committed by British subjects at any place on land being within 6 miles of any part of the Colony of Hong Kong, and not being on the mainland of China, and of and over all disputes and differences between British subjects being in any such place within such limit as

foresaid:

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2111-125-8,90 Wt 27846 D & 8. 32

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