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Repeal.
Commence- ment of Order.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
(3) Judicial notice shall be taken of this Order, and of the com- mencement thereof, and of the appointment of Consuls, and of the con- stitution and limits of the Courts and districts, and of Consular seals and signatures, and of any Rules made or in force under this Order, and no proof shall be required of any of such matters.
The provisions of the Evidence Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., cap. 99), Secs. 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 this Order applies were in a British Colony.
169.-(1) The Orders in Council mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed, but this appeal shall not-
(a) Affect the past operation of those Orders, or any of them, or any appointment made, or any right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, or the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffer- ed under any of those Orders, before the making of this Order; (b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding or action, criminal or civil, in respect of any offence committed against, or forfeiture incurred or liability accrued under or in consequence of any provision of any of those Orders, or any Regulation confirmed by any such Order or made thereunder; (c) Take away or abridge any protection or benefit given or to be
enjoyed in relation thereto.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Orders aforesaid, all Rules and Regulations approved or confirmed by or under any Order so re- pealed, shall continue and be as if this Order had not been made; but so that the same may be revoked, altered, or otherwise dealt with under this Order, as if they had been made under this Order.
(3) Criminal or civil proceedings begun under any of the Orders re- pealed by this Order, and pending at the time when this Order comes into operation, shall, from and after that time, be regulated by the provisions of this Order, as far as the nature and circumstances of each case admits.
(4) Lists of jurors and assessors in force at the passing of this Order shall continue in force until revised and settled under the provi- sions of this Order.
170.—(1) This Order shall take effect on such day not less than one month nor more than three months after it is first exhibited in the public office of the Supreme Court at Shanghai, as the Minister shall by public notification appoint.
(2) The day on which this Order so takes effect is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order.
(3) For the purposes of this Article the Judge of the Supreme Court shall forthwith, on the receipt by him from the Minister in China of a certified printed copy of this Order, cause the same to be affixed and exhibited conspicuously in that office, together with the said notification.
(4) He shall also keep the same so affixed and exhibited until the commencement of this Order.
(5) A copy of the said notification shall, as soon as practicable, be published at each of the Provincial Consulates in such manner as the Supreme Court may direct.
(6) A certified printed copy of this Order shall also be affixed and exhibited in the public offices of the Provincial Court at Seoul, at the same time (or as near as circumstances admit) at which it is first exhi bited at Shanghai.
(7) 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.
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