[1] The Korean Empire had become a protectorate of Japan under the terms of the earlier Eulsa Treaty on 1905, and had thus lost the right to conduct diplomatic exchanges with other countries.
Korean Emperor Gojong sent an envoy in secret to the Hague Conference on World Peace to protest Japan's actions.
The President (院長, inchō) and Attorney General (檢事總長, kenjisōchō, modern kanji 検事総長) of the Court shall be Japanese.
(4) All those currently in the service of Korea with the position of advisor (問顧, komon) or parliamentary councillor (參與官, san'yokan, modern kanji 参与官) shall be removed from their duties.
(5) The following Japanese shall be appointed as officials in the Korean central government (中央政府, chūō seifu) and local authorities (地方廳, chihōchō, modern kanji 地方庁).