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CHINA, JAPAN, AND COREA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1886, &c.

THE CHINA, JAPAN, AND COREA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1886.

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AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, 3RD AUGUST, 1886.

PRESENT:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Order in Council relating to the exercise of

Her Majesty's power and jurisdiction in China, Japan, and Corea:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878, and otherwise, 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, 1886." 2. So much of the 47th section of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1881. as is contained in the second sub-section thereof, commencing with the word "provided," and ending with the word "appeal," and relating to the conditions on which jurisdiction may be exercised in the case of foreigners desiring to submit to the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Courts, is hereby repealed as respects China, Japan, and Corea, and the following provision is substituted :-

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(b) Provided that the foreigner: (i.) first files in the Court his consent to the juris- diction of the Court; and (ii.) also, if required by the Court, obtains and files a certi- ficate in writing from a competent authority of his own Government to the effect that no- objection is made by that Government t the foreigner submitting in the particular cause or matter to the jurisdiction of the Court; and (iii.) also, if required by the Court, gives security to the satisfaction of the Court, to such reasonable amount as the Court directs, by deposit of money or otherwise, to pay fees, costs, damages, and ex- penses, and to abide by and perform the decision to be given by the Court or on appeal. 3. This Order shall come into operation as from the date of its publication in the London Gazette, but until the 1st October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- six, proceedings may be taken either in accordance with the provision hereby repealed or in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

And one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State and the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein.

C. L. PEEL.

THE CONSULAR COURTS (ADMIRALTY) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1894.

OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, 7TH August, 1894.

The following enactments of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890, that is to say, Sub-sections 2 to 4 of Section 2, Sections 5 and 6, and Sub-section 3 of Section 16, shall apply to Consular Courts of Siam, China, Corea, Japan, Turkey, Persia, Zanzibar, etc.