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THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1913

relating to the property or proceedings of any board, committee, association or other like group of persons which has been appointed for public purposes at any treaty port or foreign settlement or concession in China, and on which other nations besidest Great Britain are represented, and such Regulations have been or are approved by the Secretary of State, the jurisdiction of the said Court shall not, so far as persons subject to the Principal Order are concerned, be deemed to conflict with Article 6 of the Principal Order, and the Court shall enforce on all persons subject to its jurisdiction the crde.s and decrees of such Court of Consuls or other like Court.

(2) Regulations approved by the Secretary of State under this Article shall be published in the same minner as King's Regulations,

53-(1) Articles 85, 86, 87, 115, and 116 of the Principal Order are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not -

(a) Affect the past operation of such Articles or any right, title, obligation,

or liability thereunder; or

(b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any legal proceedings

thereunder,

(2) Appeals in criminal cases and Appeals to His Majesty in Council com- mence í under any Articles hereby repealed shall be continued so far as is practicable in accordance with this Order.

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

SCHEDULE

1. Records and Cases of Appeals to His Majesty in Council shall be printed in the form known as Demy Quarto.

2. The size of the paper used shall be such that the sheet, when folded and trimmed, will be 11 inches in height and 8 inches in width.

3. The type to be used in the text shall be pica type, but long primer shall be used in printing accounts, tabular matter, and notes.

4. The number of lines in each page of pica type shall be forty-seven or there- abouts, and every tenth line shall be numbered in the margin.

THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1914

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH, 1914

PRESENT:-

The King's Most Excellent Majesty

Lord President

Viscount Knollys

Lord Colebrooke Lord Emmott.

Whereas by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China:

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