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Rates of
exchange for
fees. fines,
&c.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1905.
164. All fees, fines, penalties, and other sums of money which, under the payment of provisions of this Order or any Regulations or Rules of Court, are stated or imposed in terms of British currency, shall, if not paid in British gold, be paid in China in British or Mexican dollars at the rate of exchange fixed periodically by the Treasury; in Corea, in Japanese currency at the rate of 10 yen to the pound sterling.
Accounting
&e.
The said rates of exchange shall apply to the ascertainment of the value of any income for any purpose of qualification or of any limitation or security, in any case where this Order or any Rule or Regulation contains a reference to British
currency.
165. Except as in this Order otherwise provided, all fees, dues, fines, and of fines, fees, other receipts under this Order shall be carried to the public account, and shall be accounted for and paid as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, directs.
Report by
Judge of the Supreme Court,
Report by Provincial Court.
Publication of Order.
Repeal.
166. Not later than the 31st March in each year, the Judge of the Supreme Court shall send to the Secretary of State a report on the operation of this Order up to the 31st December of the preceding year, showing for the then last twelve months the number and nature of the proceedings, criminal and civil, taken in the Court under this Order, and the result thereof, and the number and amount of fees received, and containing an abstract of the registration list, and such other information, and being in such form, as the Secretary of State from time to time directs.
167. Each Provincial Court shall at such time as may be fixed by Rules of Court furnish to the Supreme Court an annual Report of every case, civil and criminal, brought before it, in such form as the Supreme Court directs.
168.-(1.) A printed copy of this Order shall be always kept exhibited in a conspicuous place in each Consular office and in each Court-house.
(2.) Printed copies shall be sold at such reasonable price as the Supreme
Court directs.
(3.) Judicial notice shall be taken of this Order, and of the commencement thereof, and of the appointment of Consuls, and of the constitution and limits of the Courts and districts, and of Consular seals and signatures, and of any Rules made or in force under this Order, and no proof shall be required of any of such
matters.
The provisions of the Evidence Act, 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., cap. 99), secs. 7 and 11, relating to the proof of judicial and other documents, shall extend and be applied for all purposes as if the Courts, districts, and places to which this Order applies were in a British Colony.
169.-(1.) The Orders in Council mentioned in the Schedule to this Order are hereby repealed, but this repeal shall not-
(a.) Affect the past operation of those Orders, or any of them, or any appointment made, or any right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, or the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered under any of those Orders, before the making of this Order;
(b.) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding or action, criminal or civil, in respect of any offence committed against, or forfeiture incurred or liability accrued under or in consequence of any provision of, any of those Orders, or any Regulation confirmed by any such Order or made thereunder ;
(c) Take away or abridge any protection or benefit given or to be enjoyed
in relation thereto.
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