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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,

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.

Constitution and Powers of Courts

7-34

III.

Criminal Matters

35-88

IV.

Civil Matters

89-117

V

Procedure, Criminal and Civil

118-128

VI.

Mortgages and Bills of Sale...

129-150

VII.

Foreign Subjects and Tribunals

151-154

VIII.

Regulations

155-159

...

IX.

Miscellaneous...

160-171

Schedule of Repealed Orders.

Division Order.

Order.

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