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THE SIAM ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1884.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, THE 26TH DAY OF JUNE, 1884.

PRESENT:-

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction within the dominions of the Kings of Siam and the territories of Chiengmai, Lakon, and Lampoonchi, belonging to Siam:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878, and the Act of the Session of the 20th and 21st of Her Majesty, cap. 75, and otherwise in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered a follows:-

1. This Order may be cited as the "Siam Order in Council, 1884."

2. Words in this Order have the same meanings (unless the subject or context otherwise requires) as in the Siam (Foreign Jurisdiction) Order in Council of 1856.

The expression "the Siam Orders in Council, 1856 to 1876,” or the expression, the said Orders in Council," means the Siam (Foreign Jurisdiction) Order in Coun« eil of 1856, the Orders in Council relating to Siam, dated respectively the 12th Septem- ber, 1863, and the 10th November, 1866, and the Siam (Foreign Jurisdiction) Order in Council of 1876, and the said Orders in Council and this present Order are included in the expression "the Siam Orders in Council.”

For all the purposes of any of the Siam Orders in Council, the expression "Siam," or "the dominions of the Kings of Siam," or any equivalent expression, includes the said territories of Chiengmai, Lakon, and Lampoonchi,

The expression "the Consul-General" means Her Majesty's Consul-General și Bangkok.

means one of Her Majesty's Principal

The expression "a Secretary of State" Secretaries of State.

8. The Consul-General shall, on receipt of this Order, cause a printed copy thereof to be affixed and publicly exhibited in his Court during one calendar month. and this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of one calendar month from the time when such copy is first so affixed and exhibited, but proof shall not in any proceeding or matter be required that the provisions of this Article have been complied with nor shall any act or proceeding be invalidated by any failure to comply with any of such provisions.

4. A Consul or Vice-Consul holding Her Majesty's Commission for Siam or any part thereof, or any person acting temporarily with the approval of a Secretary of State, or in case of emergency appointed temporarily by the Consul-General in writing as and for a Consul or Vice-Consul as aforesaid, shall in and for such district as may be assigned by his Commission, or by any direction of a Secretary of State, hold and form a Consular Court, hereinafter called a District Court, and shall have a seal bearing the name or description of such district, or of the place at which the Court

is held.