It meant that, if a national of any country enjoying the privilege of consular jurisdiction in China became a defendant in a lawsuit, civil or criminal, he was not to be tried by a Chinese court but by the consul of his own country.

• 凡是享有这种特权的国家在中国的侨民，如果成为民刑诉讼的被告时，中国法庭无权裁判，只能由各该国的领事或者法庭裁判。