Early in 1930 through Lady Whyte, then resident in Sharghai, there Was handed to the Joint Con mittee of Shanghai Women's Organizations a request from the International Council of Women, Principles of Law, the first clause re-enacts into general law a former decision of the Supreme Court of Peking to-wit:
"In civil matters if there is 39) provision of law, applicable to a for specific information as to social charges in China, Miss A. Viola Smith, as Chairman of the Civit Affairs Committee undertook task, of collating what materi was' available in English. synopsis of the results of this study was presented to the monthly meet ing of the American Association University Women on Wednesday, November 26, Miss Smith in part stated:
So far as her legal system is cow cerned China is passing through transition stage. The great body of law, in China had been for centuries the "Tsing Code"—Ta Tsing Liu Li"a codification' of all the Jaws, precedents and customs China at the time of its promulgation. This code makes no distin: tion between criminal and civil offences, and provides nothing in the way of commercial law, A arge number of its provisions being incompatible with the present form of government in China have been. directly or impliedly repealed. Its penal section has been replaced entirely by the sew Chinese Criminal Code promulgated March, 1928, Those sections, however which deal with family and civil fiatters are still the foundation of most of the modern Chinese family one! commercial law. Three out of five hooks of the new Civil Code of China have now been promulgated. Tye others, dealing with Family jationships and Inheritatce Laws itis understood in the process dvatting by the Legislative Yuan, Dail of them custom still plays a prominent part despite many specific enactments. In Book I-of the New Civil Codo entitled General An Afternoon Coat with a becoming.
Astrakhan Colla case, they shall be decided according to custom. If there is m9) tuch custom the case shall decided in accordance with the general principles of lay."
At a meeting of the Central Politicat' Council held' on March 26 1930, it was stated, "Book IV, the Law of Family Relations and Book V, the Law.
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