The Archive · 1929

Registrars and Pleadings

The finances of the Court should bbe put in charge of a Foreign and Chinese Registrar with equal suaranteé the faithful performance of their duties.

In order to achieve the high' standard proposed, all pleadings, wherever possible, should be in the English and Chinese language. Cases should also be tried in both English and Chinese, Complete Court records should be kept in both English and Chinese, for use on appeal, including a transcript of the evidence. We advise the use of the English language during this transitory period as an essential to the best interpretation and adminstration of the New Chinese Codes} which are based on Western laws, Extraterritorial

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