According to the regulations eves official petition papers are not necessary for they are hard to obtain in such areas. Plaintiffs will simply write their grievances on clean sheets of paper and send them to the new judges. Convicts receiving light sentences must be handed over to magistrates for immediate execution of the sentences or in tne case of sentences of death or life imprisonment references must be made to the Supreme Court which may appeal against the sentences.
16 there is no prison within the area where the magistrate of a district in or near the occupied district is sitting prisoners must be sent to the nearest prisons. Magistrates or temporarily appointed judicial officials may hear cases in the event of emergency, but they must hand over all the cases thus dealt with to "circuit" judges when the latter arrive, "Circuit" judges may use official letter paper and envelopes of the magistrates in whose districts they hear cases.
It could not be ascertained yesterday whether or not a "circuit" judge would be appointed for Chapei, Nantao and other Chinese areas in Shanghai It was previously reported by the Chinese press that already a chief judge had been appointed for the new Nantao District Court in formation. This new district court, under the control of the new Nan-King regime and not Chungking, is reported to be coming into existence early next month,
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