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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1905.

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powers of

161. Nothing in this Order shall prevent any Consular officer in China or Customary Corea from doing anything which His Majesty's Consuls in the dominions of any Consular other State in amity with His Majesty are, for the time being, by law, usage, or sufferance, entitled or enabled to do.

officers.

of British

162.-(1.) Every British subject resident shall, in January in every year, Registration register himself at the Consulate of the Consular district within which he is subiccts. resident provided that--

(a.) The registration of a man shall comprise the registration of his wife, if

living with him; and

(b) The registration of the head of a family shall be deemed to comprise the registration of all females and minors being his relatives, in whatever degree, living under the same roof with him at the time of his registration.

(2.) The Consular officer may, without fee, register any British subjects being minors living in the houses of foreigners.

(3.) Every British subject arriving at a place in China or Corea where there is a Consular office, unless borne on the muster-roll of a British ship there arriving, shall, on the expiration of one month after arrival, be deemed, for the purposes of this Article, to be resident, and shall register himself accordingly.

(4.) A person shall not be required to register himself oftener than once in a year, reckoned from the 1st January.

(5.) The Consular officer shall yearly give to each person registered by him a certificate of registration, signed by him and sealed with his Consular seal.

(6.) The name of a wife, if her registration is comprised in her husband's, shall, unless in any case the Consular officer sces good reason to the contrary, be indorsed on the husband's certificate.

(7.) The names and descriptions of females and minors whose registration is comprised in that of the head of the family shall, unless in any case the Consular officer sees good reason to the contrary, be indorsed on the certificate of the head of the family.

(8.) It shall be lawful by King's Regulations to require that every person shall, on every registration of himself, pay such fee as may therein be prescribed, not exceeding two dollars in China and two yen in Corea; and such Regulations may provide that any such fee may either be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the position and circumstances of different classes.

(9.) The mode of registration may be prescribed by King's Regulations, but if no other mode is so prescribed, every person by this Order required to register himself or herself shall, unless excused by the Consular officer, attend personally for that purpose at the Consulate on each occasion of registration.

(10.) If any person fails to comply with the provisions of this Order respect- ing registration, and does not excuse his failure to the satisfaction of the Consular officer, he or she shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and any Court or authority may, if it thinks fit, decline to recognise him as a British subject.

attorney.

163. Section 48 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881 (which Deposit of relates to the deposit of instruments creating powers of attorney in the Central powers of Office of the Supreme Court in England or Ireland) shall apply to China and Corea with these modifications, that is to say: the Office of the Supreme Court is substituted for the Central Office, and Rules of Court under this Order are substituted for General Rules.