Directory_and_Chronicle_1918 — Page 391

H.B.M. SUBJECTS IN CHINA AND COREA

(7) The names and descriptions of females and minors whose registration is comprised in that of the head of the family shall, unless in any case the Consular officer sees good reason to the contrary, be indorsed on the certificate of the head of the family.

(8) It shall be lawful by King's Regulations to require that every person shall, on every registration of himself, pay such fee as may therein be prescribed, not exceeding 2 dollars in China and 2 yen in Corea; and such Regulations may provide that any such fee may either be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the position and circumstances of different classes.

(9) The mode of registration may be prescribed by King's Regula tions, but if no other mode is so prescribed, every person by this Order required to register himself or herself shall, unless excused by the Con- sular officer, attend personally for that purpose at the Consulate on each

occasion of registration.

(10) If any person fails to comply with the provisions of this Order respecting registration, and does not excuse his failure to the satisfaction of the Consular officer, he or she shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and any Court or authority may, if it thinks fit, decline to recognize him as a British subject.

163. Section 48 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881 (which relates to the deposit of instruments creating powers of attorney in the Central Office of the Supreme Court in England or Ireland), shall apply to China and Corea with these modifications, that is to say: the Office of the Supreme Court is substituted for the Central Office, and Rules of Court under this order are substituted for General Rules.

164. All fees, fines, penalties, and other sums of money which, un- der the provisions of this Order or any Regulations or Rules of Court, are stated or imposed in terms of British currency, shall, if not paid in British gold, be paid in China in British or Mexican dollars at the rate of exchange fixed periodically by the Treasury; in Corea, in Japanese currency at the rate of 10 yen to the pound sterling.

The said rates of exchange shall apply to the ascertainment of the value of any income for any purpose of qualification or of any limitation or security, in any case where this Order or any Rule or Regulation con- tains a reference to British currency.

165. Except as in this Order otherwise provided, all fees, dues, fines, and other receipts under this Order shall be carried to the public account, and shall be accounted for and paid as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, directs.

166. Not later than the 31st March in each year, the Judge of the Supreme Court shall send to the Secretary of State a report on the operation of this Order up to the 31st December of the preceding year, showing for the then last twelve months the number and nature of the proceedings, criminal and civil, taken in the Court under this Order, and the result thereof, and the number and amount of fees received, and containing an abstract of the registration list, and such other informa- tion, and being in such form, as the Secretary of State from time to time directs.

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exchange for fees, fines, &c.

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Accounting of fines, fees, &c.

Report by Judge of the Court.

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Provincial

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167. Each Provincial Court shail at such time as may be fixed by Report by Rules of Court furnish to the Supreme Court an annual report of case, civil and criminal, brought before it, in such form as the Supreme Court directs.

Publication

168.-(1) A printed copy of this Order shall be always kept exhibit- ed in a conspicuous place in each Consular office and in each Court-house. Order.

(2) Printed copies shall be sold at such reasonable price as the Supreme Court directs.

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