THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 10, 1936.
Now, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 37, and 3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 16), 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. "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1929," (a) is hereby repealed and the following article shall be substituted for Article 227 of "The China Order in Council, 1925" (b):-
"All fees, fines, penalties, and other sums of money which, under the provisions of this Order or any Regulations or Rules of Court, are stated or imposed in terms of British currency, shall be paid in such currency or currencies in use at that place where they are levied and at such rates of exchange as may from time to time be specified by His Majesty's Ambassador in China with the approval of His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the concurrence of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.
"The said rate of exchange shall apply to the ascertain- inent of the value of any income for any purpose of qualifica- tion or of any limitation or security, in any case where this Order or any
Rule or Regulation contains a reference to British Currency."
2. The present Order shall be cited as the China (Amend- ment) Order in Council, 1936, and shall take effect on the 1st July, 1936.
3. Copies of the present Order shall be exhibited as soon as possible in the office of the Supreme Court for China and at each Provincial Consulate, but failure to comply with the provisions of the present article shall in no way affect the operation of the other provisions of this Order.
AND the Right Honourable Anthony Eden, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.
M. P. A. HANKEY.
(a) S.R. & O. 1929 No. 1160.
(b) S. R. & O. 1925 No. 603.
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