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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1905.

(2.) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Orders aforesaid, all Rules and Regulations approved or confirmed by or under any Order so repealed, shall continue and be as if this Order had not been made; but so that the same may be revoked, altered, or otherwise dealt with under this Order, as if they had been made under this Order.

(3.) Criminal or civil proceedings begun under any of the Orders repealed by this Order, and pending at the time when this Order comes into operation, shall, from and after that time, be regulated by the provisions of this Order, as far as the nature and circumstances of each case admits.

(4.) Lists of jurors and assessors in force at the passing of this Order shall continue in force until revised and settled under the provisions of this Order.

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170.—(1.) This Order shall take effect on such day not less than one month Commence- nor more than three months after it is first exhibited in the public office of the order. Supreme Court at Shanghai, as the Minister shall by public notification appoint.

(2.) The day on which this Order so takes effect is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order.

(3.) For the purposes of this Article the Judge of the Supreme Court shall forthwith, on the receipt by him from the Minister in China of a certified printed copy of this Order, cause the same to be affixed and exhibited conspicuously in that office, together with the said notification.

(4.) He shall also keep the same so affixed and exhibited until the commen- cement of this Order.

(5.) A copy of the said notification shall, as soon as practicable, be published at each of the Provincial Consulates in such manner as the Supreme Court may direct.

(6.) A certified printed copy of this Order shall also be affixed and exhibited in the public offices of the Provincial Court at Seoul, at the same time (or as near as circumstances admit) at which it is first exhibited at Shanghai.

(7.) Proof shall not in any proceeding or matter be required that the provisions of this Article have been complied with, nor shall any act or proceeding be invali- dated by any failure to comply with any of such provisions.

(8.) Where this Order confers power to make any appointment, Rules, or Regulations, or to do any other thing for the purposes of this Order, that power may be exercised at any time after the passing of this Order, so, however, that any such appointment, Rules, or Regulations shall not take effect before the commencement of this Order.

171. This Order may be cited as "The China and Corea Order in Council, Short title. 1904. "

A. W. FITZROY.

SCHEDULE.

ORDERS REPEALED.

The China and Japan Order in Council, 1865. The China and Japan Order in Council, 1877.

The China and Japan Order in Council, 1878.

The China and Japan Order in Council, 1881.

The China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1884.

The China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1884 (Supplemental).

The China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1886.

The China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1886 (No. 2.)

The China and Japan Order in Council, 1898.

The China, Japan, and Corea (Supreme Court) Order in Council, 1899.