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ORDERS IN COUNCIL

ORDER OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN COUNCIL

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S

SUBJECTS IN CHINA AND COREA

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 24TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1904

PRESENT:-

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

LORD PRESIDENT.

MR. SECRETARY BRODRICK.

LORD WINDSOR.

MR. A. GRAHAM MURRAY.

Dis interr Ordet

WHEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the dominions of the Emperor of China and of the Emperor of Corea;

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased by and with the advice of his Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:--

I. PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.

1. This Order is divided into parts, as follows:-

PARTS.

SUBJECT.

ARTICLES.

I.

Preliminary and General

1-6

II.

III.

Constitution and Powers of Courts Criminal Matters

7-34

35.88

IV. I Civil Matters

89-117

V.

Procedure, Criminal and Civil

Cha

118-125

VI.

Mortgages and Bills of Sale

129.150

VII.

VIII.

Fordin Subjects and Tribunals Regulations

151-154

155-159

IX.

Miscellaneous

160-171

Lumit-of

Sche Tub of Repealed Orders.

2. The limits of this Order are the dominions of the Emperor of China and of the Emperor of Corea, including the territorial waters of those dominious respectively; but, except as provided in this Crder, the said limits do not include places within the limits of the Weihaiwe Order in Council, 1901,