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Notice of the disapproval of any Regu- lations declared to be urgent shall be sent by the Minister to the Judge not later than the date on which notice of such disapproval is published.
(3) No person shall be convicted of a breach of such Regula- tions committed before the date on which such regulations were published, as provided by Article 213, at the Consulate of the district in which tlie alleged breach was committed.
213.-(1) All Regulations approved under this Order, whether imposing penalties or not, shall be printed, and a printed copy thereof shall be affixed, and be at all times kept exhibited con- spicuously in the public office of each Consulate in China, Pro- vided that Regulations having only a local application need only be affixed and exhibited in the localities in which they apply.
(2) Printed copies of the Regulations shall be kept on sale at such reasonable price as the Minister from time to time directs. (3) A printed copy of any Regulations purporting to be made under this Order, and to be certified under the hand of the Minister or under the hand and Consular seal of one of His Majesty's Consular officers in China, shall be conclusive evidence of the due making of such Regulations.
214. The respective powers aforesaid extend to the making of Regulations for the governance, visitation, care, and superin- tendence of prisons in China, for the removal of prisoners from one prison to another, for the infliction of corporal or other punishment on prisoners committing offences against the rules or discipline of a prison, and for the earning of remission of sent- ence; but the provisions of this Order respecting penalties, and respecting the printing, affixing, exhibiting, and sale of Regula- tions, and the mode of trial of offences against Regulations, do not apply to Regulations respecting prisons and offences of prisoners.
PART X.-CONSULAR REGISTRATION. Registration of Persons.
215.—(1) A register of British subjects shall be kept in the office of every Consulate in China.
(2) Every British subject resident in China shall, in the month of January of each year, be registered at the Consulate of the Consular District within which he resides, provided that if some other Consulate is more easy of access, he may, with the assent of the Consular Officer, be registered there. A British subject arriving in China must apply for registration within one month after his arrival; provided that a person who fails to apply for or to obtain registration within the time limited by this Article may be registered at any time if he excuses his failure to the satisfaction of the Consular Officer.
(3) Where a person is in possession of a valid British pass- port, the Consular Officer shall, on the first registration of any such person, endorse on the passport without further fee than that provided for in paragrapli (6) of this Article a certificate of
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registration in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Where any such person applies for the renewal of the registration and produces his passport, the renewal of the regis tration shall without further fee than that provided for in para- graph (6) be endorsed thereon.
(4) Every person who has not previously been registered apply- ing to be registered under this Order shall, unless excused by the Consular Officer, attend personally for that purpose at the Con- sulate, but any person applying for the renewal of his registra- tion need not attend personally unless directed by the Consular Officer so to do; provided that the registration of the wife of a man who is registered under this Order may, if she be living with him, be effected without her personal attendance being re- quired, and provided also that the registration of minors, being his relatives in whatever degree, living with the head of a family who is registered under this Order, may be effected without their personal attendance being required.
(5) A person registered in any register of British subjects estab- lished under the provisions of any Order in Council which has been repealed shall be registered under the provisions of this Order, unless the Consular Officer is satisfied after enquiry that the previous registration was erroneous or that such person is not entitled to registration under the provisions of this Order.
(6) Every person shall, on every registration of himself, and on every renewal of the registration, pay a fee of two dollars, or such other fee as the Secretary of State from time to time. appoints. The amount of the fee may be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the position and circumstances of different classes, if the Secretary of State from time to time so directs, but may not in any case exceed four dollars.
(7) Where any person applies to be registered, he shall be entitled without a fee to the assistance of the Consular Officer in the preparation of any affidavit that may be required.
(8) The Consular Officer may require the production of such evidence that an applicant for registration is entitled to the status of a British subject as he may see fit, but subject to such directions as may be issued by the Secretary of State.
(9) If any British subject neglects to obtain registration under the provisions of this Order, he shall not be entitled to be recog- nised or protected as a British subject in China, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each instance of such failure, but he shall, although not registered, be subject to the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Courts in China.
Registration of Companies.
216. A register of companies incorporated or registered in the United Kingdom or in any British possession and carrying on business in China shall be kept in the office of every Consulate in China.
217. The Consulate at which companies shall be registered shall be that in the district in which their chief local office is
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