The Archive · 1928

Provisional Court Crippled

The-Inst appeal will be to the Supreme Court in Nanking, whose tu ach nee a ie wines ort meee tans violated. In the exchange of notes specified that no changes should be made in the rules and procedure. of Scat re eco tee to conform with the Rendition ment are to last three years from the date of handing over the court, namely January 1, 1927, At goa Mae the Provincial Government may pro the form of an order which, It tide 1 of the agreement states: "With the exception of cases which in accordance with the tron tis involve the right of consular juriedietion, all civil and criminal eases in the Settlement shall be dealt with by the said Provisional Court." "Dealt with" has always been taken to imply that the Provisional Court has the final decisions Eecording to the new order, it will rot have final decision.

Article 11. of the agreement, which deals with the application in the court of Chinese lay, has the stipulation "due account being taken Of the terms of the present agree ment." The new onder takes no such account.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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