KOWLOON CITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

KOWLOON CITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

9.-KOWLOON CITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

ORDER IN COUNCIL revoking Article 4 of the Order of October
20th, 1898, providing for the Jurisdiction of Chinese Officials in
Kowloon. Windsor, 27th December, 1899.

At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of December, 1899.

PPESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
WHEREAs by a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between
her majesty stud His Imperial Majesty the, Emperor of China, it was

provided that this imits of British territory in the regions adjacent to the
Colony of hong kong should be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in
the manner described in the said Convention;





AND WHEREAS by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 20th day
of October, 1898, It was, ainongst other things, ordered that the territories
within the limits and for the term described in the said Convention
should be, and the same were thereby declared to be, part and parcel
of her majesty's Colony of Hongkong, in like manner and for all intents
and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony,
and it should be coinpetent for the Governor of Hongkong, by and with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to
make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said territories
as part of the Colony;

AND WHEREAS by Article 4 of the said Order in Council it was provided
that, notwithstanding anything in the said Order in Council contained,
the Chinese officials at the date of the said Order in Council stationed
within the City of Kowloon should continue to exercise jurisdiction therein
except in so far as might be inconsistent with the military requirements
for the defence of Hongkong;

AND WHEREAS, the exercise of jurisdiction by the Chinese officials in the
City of Kowloon having been found to be inconsistent with the military
requirements for the defence of Hongkong, it is expedient tbat Article
of the said Order in Council should be revoked, and that the Chinese
officials within the City of Kowloon should cease to exercise jurisdiction
therein, and that the said City of Kowloon should become part and
parcel of her Majesty's Colony of Hongkong for all purposes during the
continuance of the term of the lease in the said Convention mentioned.


NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her
Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. Article 4 of the Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 20th day of
October, 1898, is hereby revoked, without prejudice to anything lawfully
done thereunder.

2. The City of Kowloon shall be, and the same is hereby declared to
be, for the term of the lease in the said Convention mentioned, part and
parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hongkong, in like manner and for all
intents and purposes as if it had originally formed part of the said
Colony.

3. The provisions of the said Order in Council of the 20th October,
1898, shall apply to the City of Kowloon in like manner as if the said
City had by the said Order in Council been declared to be part and
parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hongkong.

And the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, one of her majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein
accordingly.

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