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in the case of a debt due from a person subject to the jurisdiction of that
Court to a British subject against whom a judgment has been obtained in •
a Court established under this Order.
VIII.—Regulations. .
155. His Majesty’s Ministers in China and Corea shall have power King’s
collectively with respect to China and Corea or any parts thereof, or Regulations,
severally with respect to China or Corea, or any parts thereof as the case
may be, to make Regulations (to be called King’s Regulations) for the
following pui*poses, that is to say:—
(a) For the peace, order, and good government of 'British subjects
in relation to matters not provided for by this Order, and to
matters intended by this Order to be prescribed by Regulation.
(5) For securing the observance of any Treaty for the time being in
force relating to any place or of any native or.local law or custom
whether relating to trade, commerce', revenue, or. any other
matter. - ' , .
(c) For regulating of preventing the. impoftfitlon or- .exportation in
British ships or by British subjects of antis or munitions of war,
or any parts or ingredients thereof, and for giving effect to any
Treaty relating to the importation or exportation of the same.
(d) For requiring returns to bemade of the nature, quantity, and
value of articles exported from or imported into his district,
any part thereof, by or on account of any British subject who is
subject to this Order, or in any British ship, and for prescribing
the times and manner at or in which, and the persons by whom,
such returns are to be made.
(2) Any Regulations made under this Article may provide for
forfeiture of any goods, receptacles,: or things in relation to which, or to
the contents of which, any breach is committed of such Regulations, or
of any Treaty Or any native or local’ law or custom*, the observance of which
is provided for by such Regulations.
(3) Any person committing a breach of any such Regulations shall,
in addition to any forfeiture prescribed thereby, be liable, on conviction,
to imprisonment, for a period not exceeding three months, or to a fine, or
to both.
(4) Any fine imposed.for a breach.of Regulations shall not exceed
£50: Provided that where the breach is of any Regulation relating to
customs law, or to the importation or exportation of any goods, the fine
may extend to a sum equivalent to treble the value of the goods in relation
to which the breach is committed, •
156. His Majesty’s.Ministers in China and Corea respectively, in Municipa
the exercise of the powers aforesaid, may, if they think fit, join with the ResulatI0n8-
Ministers of any foreign Powers in amity with His Majesty in making or
adopting Regulations for the municipal government of any foreign con¬
cession or settlement in-China or Corea as the case may be; and as regards
British subjects, such joint Regulations shall be as valid and binding as
if they related to British subjects only.
157. —(a) Regulations made or adopted under this Order shall not Approval of
have effect as respects British subjects unless and until they are approved Regulations-
by His Majesty the King, that approval being signified through the
Secretary of State—save that, in case of urgency declared in any such
Regulations, the same shall take effect before that approval, and shall
continue to have effect unless and until they are disapproved by His
Majesty the King, and until notification of that disapproval has been
received and published by His Majesty’s Minister in China or Corea as
the case may be.