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196 CHINA, JAPAN, AND COREA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1884

countries were British possessions, and for the purposes of Part II. of the said Act and of this Article, China, Japan, and Corea shall be deemed to be one group of British possessions, and Her Majesty's Minister for China, H. M. Minister. Japan, or Corea (as the case may be) shall have the powers of a Governor

or Superior Court of a British possession.

Powers of

Judicial Notice to be taken.

Provisions of Evidence Act,

9.-Judicial notice shall be taken of the China and Japan Orders in Council and of this Order, and of the commencement thereof, and of the appointment of Consuls or other officers, and of the constitution and limits of the Consular Courts and districts, and Consular seals and signatures, and of any Rules or Regulations made or in force under the China and Japan Orders in Council or this Order, and no proof shall be required of any of such matters.

The provisions of "The Evidence Act, 1851" (14 and 15 Vict., 1851, to apply. cap. 99), sections 7 and 11, relating to the proof of judicial and other documents, shall extend, and be applied for all purposes as if the Courts, districts, and places to which the China and Japan Orders in Council or this Order applies were in a British Colony.

When to come

10.-This Order shall come into operation at such time or times in into operation, China, Japan, and Corea respectively as a Secretary of State, by a notice published in the London Gazette at or after the time of the publication therein of this Order, directs.

Publication.

11.-This Order shall be published in China, Japan, and Corea in such manner, and printed copies thereof shall be kept for sale at the Consular Courts there at such prices, as a Secretary of State from time to time directs.

And the Right Honourable the Earl Granville and the Right Honour able the Earl of Derby, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. L. PEEL.

THE CHINA, JAPAN, AND COREA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1884.

AT THE COURt at BalmoraL, THE 9TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1884.

PRESENT:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Treaty and otherwise Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction within China and Japan and the dominions of the King of Corea:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalt by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878, and other- wise, in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

1.-This Order may be cited as the China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1884 (Supplemental).

2.-This Order shall be construed with the China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1884 (herein called the Principal Order).

3.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Principal Order, or in any notice published in pursuance thereof, the Principal Order, so far as it relates to Corea, and also this Order, shall come into operation on the day named in this Order as the date of this Order.