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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 15,
Prohibition of Italian
imports.
Prohibition of credit to Italy,
1935.
2.--(1) On and after such date as the Board of Trade may by order appoint, no goods consigned from, or grown, produced or manufactured in, Italian territory shall be im- ported into the United Kingdom, except gold or silver bullion or coin:
Provided that, subject to such conditions as the Com- missioners may impose for securing that the provisions of this paragraph are not evaded, this paragraph shall not apply-
(a) to goods which had before the date aforesaid left the place from which they were last consigned; or
(b) to goods imported for exportation after transit through the United Kingdom or by way of transhipment.
(2) Goods prohibited to be imported by this Article shall be deemed to be included among the goods enumerated, and described in the Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions In- wards contained in section forty-two of the Customs Con- solidation Act, 1876, and the provisions of that Act and of any Act amending or extending that Act shall apply accord- ingly.
(3) If at any time a question arises under this Article whether any goods alleged to have been consigned from any country other than Italian territory were so consigned or were not grown, produced or manufactured in Italian territory, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to require the importer to furnish to them in such form as they may direct proof in respect of the country from which the goods were consigned and in which the goods were grown, produced or manufac- tured, and unless proof is furnished to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the goods were consigned from, and grown, produced or manufactured in, some country other than Italian territory, the goods shall be deemed to be goods con- signed from, or grown, produced or manufactured in, Italian territory.
(4) For the purpose of this Article
(a) goods which have been grown or produced in Italian territory and have been subjected to some process in some other country shall be deemed to be goods grown or pro- duced, as the case may be, in Italian territory, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that twenty- five per cent. or more of the value of the goods at the time when they left the place from which they were last consigned is attributable to a process undergone since the goods last left Italian territory; and
(b) goods which have been manufactured partly in Italian territory and partly in some other country shall be deemed to be manufactured in Italian territory, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that twenty- five per cent. or more of the value of the goods at the time aforesaid is attributable to processes of manufacture under- gone since the goods last left Italian territory.
3.—(1) On and after such date as the Treasury may by order appoint, no person shall in the United Kingdom-
(a) make, contribute to, participate in, or assist in the making or issue of any loan (wherever the loan is made or issued or to be made or issued) to or for the benefit of