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.
Division of Order.
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.
Limits of Order.
Constitution and Powers of Courts
I.
Preliminary and General
II.
III.
Criminal Matters
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IV.
Civil Matters
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Procedure, Criminal and Civil Mortgages and Bills of Sale... Foreign Subjects and Tribunals Regulations
Miscellaneous ...
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Schedule of Repealed Orders.
1-6
7-34 35-88
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89-117
118-128
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129-150
151-154
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155-159
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160-171
2. The limits of this Order are the dominions of the Emperor 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 Weihaiwej Order in Council, 1901.
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