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FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT, 1890
(2.)—In any such action, suit, or proceeding, tender of atnends before
the same was commenced may be pleaded in lieu of or in addition to any
other plea. If the action, suit, or proceeding was commenced after such
tender, or is proceeded with after payment into court of any money in
satisfaction of the plaintiff’s claim, and the plaintiff does not recover
more than the sum tendered or paid, he shall not recover any costs
incurred after such tender or payment, and the defendant shall be entitled
to costs, to be taxed as between solicitor and client, as from the time of
such tender or payment; but this provision shall not affect costs on any
injunction in the action, suit, or proceeding.
Jurisdiction 14.—It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council to
tafa^asteVnseas! make any law that may seem meet for the government of Her Majesty’s
subjects being in any vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred
miles from the coast of China or of Japan, as fully and effectual as any
such law might be made by Her Majesty in Council for the Government
of Her Majesty’s subjects being in China or in Japan.
irab°ect8>IfiV0 —Where any Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act
Princes.0 u ian extends to persons enjoying Her Majesty’s protection, that expression
shall include all subjects of the several Princes and States in India.
16.—In this Act,—
Definitions. The expression “ foreign country ” means any country or place oup
of Her Majesty’s dominions :
The expression “ British court in a foreign country ” means any
British court having jurisdiction out of Her Majesty’s dominions
in pursuance of an Order in Council whether made under any
Act or otherwise:
The expression “jurisdiction” includes power.
or'vaVVcts^n —^Ie J^c*s menti°ned in the Second Schedule to this Act may
8econdyscheduie! be revoked or varied by Her Majesty by Order in Council.
Kepeai. 18.—The Acts mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act are
hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that schedule
mentioned: Provided that,—
(1) Any Order in Council, commission, or instructions made or
issued in pursuance of any enactment repealed by this Act, shall,
if in force at the passing of this Act, continue in force, until
altered or revoked by Her Majesty as if made in pursuance of
this Act ; and shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed
to have been made or issued under and in pursuance of this
Act ; and
(2) Any enactment, Order in Council, or document referring to any
enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed to refer to
the corresponding enactment of this Act.
19.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Foreign Jurisdiction Act,
1890.
(2.) The Acts whereof the short titles are given in the First Schedule
to this Act may be cited by the respective short titles given in that
schedule.