H.B.M. SUBJECTS IN SIAM
"Will" means will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument.
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Expressions used in any rules, regulations, or orders made under this Order shall, unless a contrary intention appears, have the same respective meanings as in this Order. The rules of construction are identical with those in the Order in Council for China and Corea, which see.
4-5-6.--The jurisdiction conferred by this Order extends to such persons and matters within the Siamese dominions as are described in Section 5 of the Order in Council for China and Corea.
PART II.-CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF COURTS.
(i.) Court of Siam.
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7.-(1.) There shall be a Court styled "His Britannic Majesty's Court for Siam (in this Order referred to as the Court for Siam, and comprised in the term “ the Court").
(2.) There shall be a Judge and as many Assistant Judges of the Court for Siam as may from time to time be required, who shall respectively be appointed by His Majesty by warrant under his Royal sign manual.
(3.) Every Judge shall be at the time of his appointment a member of the Bar of England, Scotland, or Ireland, of not less than five years' standing.
(4.) The Judges, or any two of them, shall sit together for the purposes described in this Order, and the Court so constituted is hereinafter in this Order referred to as "the Full Court," but, except as directed in this Order, they shall sit separately, and each sitting shall be deemed to be a sitting of the Court for Siam.
(5.) When the Full Court consists of not more than two Judges, and there is a difference of opinion, the opinion of the Judge, or, in his absence, the Senior Assistant Judge, shall prevail.
(6.) Subject to Rules of Court, the Judge shall make such arrangements as he thinks fit for the distribution of the business of the Court.
8.--During a vacancy in the office of Judge, or in case of the illness or incapacity of the Judge, or of his absence from Siam, the Secretary of State may appoint a fit person to act as Judge, but unless or until such appointment is made the Assistant Judge or Senior Assistant Judge shall act as Judge.
An Acting Judge shall, during the continuance of his appointment, have all the power and authority of the Judge.
9.—During a vacancy or temporary vacancy in the office of Assistant Judge, or in case of the absence, or illness, or other incapacity of an Assistant Judge, the Judge may, by writing under his hand and the seal of the Court for Siam, appoint any fit person, approved by the Secretary of State, or by the Minister, to act as and for such Assistant Judge for the time therein mentioned or during the vacancy, as the case may be; but every such appointment shall be revocable, at pleasure, by the Judge, by writing under his hand and the seal of the Court for Siam, or by the Secretary of State. The person so appointed shall, during the continuance of his appointment, have all the power and authority of an Assistant Judge.
10-(1.) There shall be attached to the Court for Siam a Registrar, a Marshal, and such other officers and clerks under such designations as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(2.) The Secretary of State, or the Minister, as the case may be, may temporarily attach to the Court for Siam such persons, being Consular officers, as he thinks fit.
(3.) Every officer, clerk, and other person thus attached shall discharge such duties and exercise such powers in connection with the Court as may be prescribed, or as the Judge may direct, subject to any instructions of the Secretary of State.
11.--The Judge and each Assistant Judge shall hold office during the pleasure of His Majesty.
12. In case at any time His Majesty thinks fit by warrant under his Royal sign manual to revoke the warrant appointing any person to be Judge or Assistant Judge, or while there is a Judge or Assistant Judge in office thinks fit by warrant under his
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