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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.

I. Preliminary and General

IJ.

Constitution and Powers of Courts

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III.

Criminal Matters

IV.

Civil Matters

...

V.

Procedure, Criminal and Civil

VII.

VIII.

VI.

Mortgages and Bills of Sale...

Foreign Subjects and Tribunals Regulations

...

IX.

Miscellaneous

Schedule of Repealed Orders.

Division of Order.

ARTICLES.

1-6

7-34

...

35-88

89-117

118-128

129-150

151-154

155-159

160-171

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.