While owing to tht existence of othe foreign settlement and the fact that abolition of extraterritoriality has not yet been completely carried out, the new agreement cannot be regarded as enrively satisfactory, still, some of the defects of the! Mixed Court Rendition Agreement, Rave at least been done away with. Following are some of the salient. features of the new agreement:—1, Abolition of the system of. watching Court proceedings by Conular officials or Deputies. ment to function as a Court of Ap-' peal for the reorganized Court and the Supreme Court in Nanking will be the Court for final appeals.
Only Chinese civil and eriminal procedure shall be applied in the reorganized Court.
The agreement will be effective] for a period of three years at the expiration of which it will not continue in force unless with the concurrence of all parties to the agreement.
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