Chinese authorities in Chungking think that they can not afford to surrender their judicial pow Japanese-occupied districts therefore decided to judges to wor! cording to a Chinese report, detailed regulations are being worked out by the Ministry of Justice to can the new judicial expected to be made public It is now reported that the di re-opening the Nantao District Court in Shanghai has been postponed. It will be recalled that recently officials of the "Reformed Government" at Nanking decided to resume the operations of the Nantao District Court on the New Year's Day. They have ready appointed a chief judge chosen the site of a former primar: school for the court. The opening has now been post po!
1 of 1939. No Chine: repor far suggested that a circuit" ju will work in Shangh:
According to the ported plan of the Ministry of Just! judges will be sent by high courts to work in war areas.
They are to tour in war zones n order to herald their arrival s will be posted before ha The people who wish to bring to the attention of "circuit" judges do not need' to write their petitions on official petition forms which are hard to obtain in such areas. No court fees will be collected.
"Circuit" judges will receive subsidies beside ries. In ereating the stem Chinese authority o ha a twofold pu out to help the people in the war zo: to have. their grievances heard, and second, to prevent the Japanese and "puppet" officials from infringing upon the judicial right of the Chinese government, the report states.
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