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Enclosure in Shanghai despatch No.274 to Peking, dated 18th
September, 1931,
Copy of Kuo Min News Agency Report, dated Nanking,
September 11th, 1931.
As the date for the assumption by Chinese courts of
jurisdiction over all foreigners in China is approaching,
preparations are being made by the Special Area District
Court (International Settlement) for the construction of
new premises to house the proposed Special Chamber for the
trial of cases involving foreigners, which will be
inaugurated on January 1 next year. The new building, which
will be built on a site near the present Court, will be a
five-storeyed steel structure. Plans for the new building
have been submitted by President Yang Shaoyung of the Court
and approved by the Ministry of Judicial Administration.
Construction work will be started immediately.
This concrete step on the part of the local Court towards
preparing for the assumption of jurisdiction over foreigners
in Shanghai is taken here as a definite indication that the
new Regulations governing Jurisdiction over Foreign Nationals
promulgated by the National Government some time ago will be
put into effect on January 1, 1932, whether or not the
negotiations which the interested Powers for the abolition
of extra-territoriality are brought to a successful conclusion
by that time.
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