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H.B.M. SUBJECTS IN CHINA AND COREA

for the time being in force, in respect of the violation whereof any penalty is stipulated for in the Treaty, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Treaty, and on conviction thereof under this Order shall be liable to the penalty stipulated in the Treaty.

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Regulations.

74.-(1) Where, by agreement among the Diplomatic or Consular International representatives in China and Corea of foreign States, or some of them, in conjunction with the Chinese or Corean authorities, Sanitary, or Police, or Port, or Game, or other Regulations are established, and the same, as far as they affect British subjects, are approved by the Secretary of State, the Court may, subject and according to the provisions of this Order, entertain any complaint made against a British subject for a breach of those Regulations, and may enforce payment of any fine incurred by that subject or person in respect of that breach, in like manner, as nearly as may be, as if that breach were by this Order declared to be an offence against this Order.

(2) In any such case the fine recovered shall, notwithstanding any- thing in this Order, be disposed of and applied in manner provided by those Regulations.

75. Every person subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the Court who prints, publishes, or offers for sale any printed or written newspaper or other publication containing matter calculated to excite tumult or disorder, or to excite enmity between His Majesty's subjects, and the Government of China or Corea, as the case may be, or between that Government and its subjects, shall be guilty of a grave offence against this Order, and may, in addition to, or in lieu of, any other punishment, be ordered to give security for good behaviour, and in default thereof, or on a further conviction for the like offence, he may be ordered to be deported. An offence against this Article shall not be tried except by the Supreme Court.

76. (1) If a British subject-

Seditions conduct.

Offences against

(i) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or religions.

observed within China or Corea; or

(ii) Publicly offers insult to any religions service, feast, or ceremony established or kept in any part of those dominions, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary belonging to any religion established or observed within those dominions, or to the ministers or professors thereof; or

(iii) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion established or observed within those dominions, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observances, into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace;

he shall be guilty of an offence, and on conviction thereof, liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without a fiue not exceeding £50, or to a fine alone not exceed- ing £50.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Order, every charge under this Article shall be heard and determined by the Court alone, without jury or assessors, and any Provincial Court shall have power to impose the punishment aforesaid.

(3) Consular officers shall take such precautionary measures as seem to them proper and expedient for the prevention of such offences.

77.—(1) If any person, subject to the criminal jurisdiction of a Contempt of Court, does any of the following things, namely:

(a) Wilfully, by act or threat, obstructs an officer of, or person executing any process of, the Court in the performance of his duty; or

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