Part VIII of the Principal Order or in which a British subject so registered may be a party as complainant, accused, plaintiff, or defendant, the Principal Order shall not operate or have any effect so long as the said Treaty of the 10th March, 1909, continues in force, unless and until such case shall have been transferred by an exercise of the right of evocation in accordance with the provisions of the Jurisdiction Protocol annexed to the said Treaty and printed in the schedule hereto to a Court established under the Principal Order. 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 3, the Courts established by the Principal Order shall continue to transact all non-contentious business in relation to the probate of wills and the administration of estates of deceased British subjects who were registered in accordance with Part VIII of the Principal Order at the date of the said Treaty; but, except as to non-contentious business, the provisions of Article 3 shall apply in matters of probate and administration. 5. "The Foreign Jurisdiction (Probates) Order in Council, 1908,"* shall not operate in Siam, except to the extent and in the cases where the provisions of the Principal Order are in operation. 6. With respect to all civil or criminal cases, other than those referred to in Articles 3 and 4, arising within the limits of the Principal Order, elsewhere than in the districts referred to in Article 2, the Principal Order shall not operate or have effect so long as the said Treaty continues in force. 7. Where a case is transferred from an International Court to a Court established by the Principal Order, such Court shall give such directions as seem proper for its determination, having regard to the proceedings (if any) in the International Court. In determining such case the Court shall apply any Siamese law, other than a law relating to procedure, which would have been applied in the International Court. In a criminal case, if the accused is handed over by the International Court in custody, he may be detained in custody as if he had been arrested under a warrant on the day on which he is handed over. 8. Criminal or civil proceedings which have been instituted in any Court established under the Principal Order befo the commencement of this Order shall not be affected Order. 9. Articles 139 to 153 (inclusive), 156, and 157 of Principal Order are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall affect the past operation of such Articles, or any right, obligation, or liability accrued or the lidity or invalidity anything done or suffered under suci Articles before th commencement of this Order. 10. This Order shall commence and ha as the Minister shall appoint.† Vol. CI, page 102. [1908-9. CII.] And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Bart., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. A. W. FITZROY. SCHEDULE. Protocol concerning the Jurisdiction applicable in the Kingdom of Siam to British Subjects and annexed to the Treaty dated the 10th March, 1909. [Not printed here. See Annex 2 to Treaty referred to, page 129.] BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL respecting Fees to be taken by Assessors in the Mixed Court at Shanghai.London, June 28, 1909. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of June, 1909. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891,' His Majesty the King is authorized by Order in Council to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a Consular officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees and to create new fees; And whereas it is expedient that the table of fees fixed by "The China and Corea (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906,"† should in certain respects be added to, and that fees should be created in respect of the attendance of Consular officers in the Mixed Court at Shanghai, and in respect of the assistance rendered by Consular officers to British litigants in such Court: Now, therefore, in pursuance of the before-mentioned Act, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as The China and Corea (Consular Fees) Order in Council, 1909." 2. The several fees set forth in the table annexed to this Order are hereby established, and the said table shall be construed as part of this Order. 3. This Order shall come into operation on such date as His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai shall appoint. 4. This Order shall extend to all places in China and Corea. * Vol. LXXXIII, page 132. + Vol. XCIX, page 522. And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Bart., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. A. W. FITZROY. SCHEDULE. Table of Consular Fees to be taken in respect of Assistance rendered by the Assessor in the Mixed Court at Shanghai. 1. On application to the assessor for his request for the assistance of the Chinese authorities, including filing petition :- 1007. or upwards s. d. 2 6 5 0 7 6 10 O For each complete 1007. not exceeding a total fee of 57. 2. On each subsequent communication in writing to the Chinese authorities .. 3. Hearing fee on each attendance of the assessor at a sitting of the Court 2 6 10 0 BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL exempting German Ships, complying with German provisions, from the Provisions of Sections 427-431 of " The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," as to Life-saving Appliances.-London, August 10, 1909.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of August, 1909. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," it is provided that sections 427 to 431 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 " (hereinafter called the Principal X relating to life-saving appliances, shall, after the app apply to all foreign ships while they are within au the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships: Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Counci that those provisions shall not apply to any ship of ar country in which the provisions in force relating to life-s appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective a "London Gazette," August + Vol. XCIX, page 14. provisions of Part V of the Principal Act, on proof that those provisions are complied with in the case of that ship; And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is provided that the said appointed day shall be the 1st day of January, 1909, or such other day, not being more than twelve months later, as the Board of Trade may appoint; And whereas the Board of Trade have appointed the 1st day of October, 1909, to be the day after which the provisions of the Principal Act relating to life-saving appliances shall apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships; And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the provisions in force in Germany relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as the provisions of Part V of the Principal Act: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the provisions of sections 427 to 431 of the Principal Act shall not apply to any German ship while within any port of the United Kingdom, if it is proved that the aforesaid German provisions relating to life-saving appliances are complied with in the case of that ship. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL exempting Norwegian At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of August, 1909. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," it is provided that sections 427 to 431 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894" (hereinafter called the Principal Act), relating to life-saving appliances, shall, after the appointed day, apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships: Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that those provisions shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country in which the provisions in force relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as the pro * "London Gazette," August 13, 1909. + Vol. XCIX, page 14. visions of Part V of the Principal Act, on proof that those provisions are complied with in the case of that ship; And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is provided that the said appointed day shall be the 1st day of January, 1909, or such other day, not being more than twelve months later, as the Board of Trade may appoint; And whereas the Board of Trade have appointed the 1st day of October, 1909, to be the day after which the provisions of the Principal Act relating to life-saving appliances shall apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships; And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the provisions in force in Norway relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as the provisions of Part V of the Principal Act: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the provisions of sections 427 to 431 of the Principal Act shall not apply to any Norwegian ship while within any port of the United Kingdom, if it is proved that the aforesaid Norwegian provisions relating to life-saving appliances are complied with in the case of that ship. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending the China and Corea Orders in Council of 1904 and 1907 relating to Press Offences and Police Force in Foreign Concessions in China.-London, October 18, 1909.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of October, 1909. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the dominions of the Emperor of China and the Emperor o Corea : ་་ Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, 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. This Order may be cited as "The China and Corea (Amend ment) Order in Council, 1909," and shall be read as one with "The * "London Gazette," October 19, 1909. + Vol. LXXXII, page 656, |