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THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1915

By this Order Article 3 of "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1914,"

was repealed.

CHINA (AMENDMENT No. 2) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1920

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1920

PRESENT:

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

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

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that 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:-

1. This Order may be cited as "The China (Amendment No. 2) Order in Council, 1920," and shall be read as one with "The China Order in Council, 1904" (hereafter called the "Principal Order"), and with any Order amending the same.

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2. The words in Article 101 of the Principal Order "except the jurisdiction. relative to dissolution, or nullity, or jactitation of marriage" are hereby repealed.

3. This Order shall take effect on the day on which it is first exhibited in the Public Office of the Supreme Court at Shanghai.

And the Right Honourable George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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Rules of Court drawn up under this Order by Judge Skinner Turner were published in the Hongkong Government Gazette on June 10th, 1921,

THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL

No. 3, 1920

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 21ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1920

PRESENT:

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

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Whereas by Treaty, grant; usage, sufferance, and 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 pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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1. This Order may be cited as "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, No. 3, 1920," and shall be read as one with "The China Order in Council, 1904 " (hereinafter called the Principal Order "), and with any Order amending the same, and the provisions of Article 170 of the Principal Order shall in particular apply to this Order.