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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH OCTOBER, 1890.

A.D. 1890.

Power to repeal or vary Acts in Second Schedule.

Repeal.

Short title.

Sections 5, 19.

17. The Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act may be revoked or varied by Her Majesty by Order in Council,

18. The Acts mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned: Provided that,-

(1) Any Order in Council. commission, or instructions made or issued in pursuance of any enactment repealed by this Act, shall, if in force at the passing of this Act, continue in force, until altered or revoked by Her Majesty as if made in pursuance of this Act; and shall, for the purposes of this Act. be deemed to have been made or issued under and in pursuance of this Act; and

(2) Any enactment. Order in Council, or document referring to any enact- ment repealed by this Act shall be construed to refer to the corres- ponding enactment of this Act.

19. —(1.) This Act may be cited as the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890.

(2.) The Acts whereof the short titles are given in the First Schedule to this Act may be cited by the respective short titles given in that schedule.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Session and Chapter.

12 & 13 Vict.

c. 96.

Title.

An Act to provide for the Prosecution and Trial in Her Majesty's Colonies of Offen- ces committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty.

14 & 15 Viet. | An Act to amend the law of evidence.

I. c. 99.

17 & 18 Vict.

c. 104.

19 & 20 Vict.

c. 113.

22 Vict. c. 20.

22 & 23 Vict.

c. 63.

23 & 24 Viet.

c. 122.

24 & 25 Vict.

c. 11.

The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.

Enactments which may be extended by Order in Council.

The whole Act

Short Title.

Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849.

Sections seven and eleven. Part X.

Evidence Act, 1851.

An Act to provide for taking evidence in Her The whole Act Foreign Tribunals

Majesty's Dominions in relation to civil and commercial matters pending before Foreign tribunals.

An Act to provide for taking evidence in Suits and Proceedings pending before Tri- bunals in Her Majesty's Dominions, in places out of the jurisdiction of such tri- bunals.

An Act to afford Facilities for the more cer- tain Ascertainment of the Law adminis- tered in one Part of Her Majesty's Domi- nions, when pleaded in the Courts of another Part thereof,

Evidence Act, 1856.

The whole Act

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Evidence by Com- mission Act, 1859.

The whole Act - British Law Ascer-

tainment Act, 1859.

An Act to enable the Legislatures of Her The whole Act

Majesty's Possessions Abroad to make Enactments similar to the Enactment of the Act ninth George the Fourth, chapter thirty-one, section eight.

An Act to afford facilities for the better ascertainment of the Law of Foreign Coun- tries when pleaded in Courts within Her Majesty's Dominions.

30 & 31 Vict. The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867.

c. 124.

37 & 88 Vict.

c. 94.

44 & 45 Viet.

e. 69.

48 & 49 Vict.

c. 74.

The Conveyancing (Scotland) Act,, 1874.

The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881.

The Evidence by Commission Act, 1885.

The whole Act

Section eleven.

Section fifty-one.

The whole Act.

The whole Act.

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Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1860.

Foreign Law Ascer-

tainment Act, 1861.

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