CO129-585-3 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping 17-1-1940 - 13-11-1940 — Page 47

47

"Neither the civil nor the criminal jurisdiction of

the conquering state is considered in international law as extending over the conquered territory during military occupation."

The position is put comprehensively by Oppenheim (5th edition), at page 349 -

"

"The administration of the occupant is in no wise to be compared with ordinary administration, for it is distinctly and precisely military administration."