Amendment of Ordinance No. 22 of 1915, s. 9.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. e. 12, s. 9.
Additional ground for
appointment
of controller.
5 & 6 Geo. 5,
c. 12, s. 11.
l'ayment of dividends,
&c., payable to enemy.
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or consisted of persons who were
subjects of, or resident or carry - ing on business in, a state for the time being at war with His Majesty; or
(e) in the case of a person, firm or company, that the person was or is, or the firm or company were or are, acting as agent for any persou, firm or company resident or carrying on business in a state for the time being at war with His Majesty ;
the Governor may, if he thinks it expedi- ent for the purpose of satisfying himself that the person, firm or company are not trading with the enemy, by written order, give to a person appointed by him, without any warrant from a magistrate, authority to inspect all books and documents belonging to or under the control of the person, firm or company, and to require any person able' to give information with respect to the business or trade of that person, firm or company, to give that information.
For the purpose of this sub-section, any person authorised in that behalf by the Governor may inspect the register of members of a company at any time, and any shares in a company for which share warrants to bearer have been issued shall not be reckoned as part of the issued share capital of the company."
(ii) By the re-numbering of sub-section (3) thereof
as sub-section (4),
3. Section 9 of the Trading with the Enemy Second Amendment Ordinance, 1915, is amended as follows:-
(a.) Iu sub-section (1) by the insertion after the word "under' in the eleventh line thereof of the words "sub-section (3) of ".
(b.) In sub-section (2) by the deletion of the words "It shall not be lawful for any company" in the first line thereof and by the substitution therefor of the words, Where such a statutory declaration has been filed it shall not be lawful for the company”.
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4.-(1.) In addition to the grounds on which an applica- tion can be made to the Court by the Colonial Secretary to appoint a controller under section 4 of the Principal Ordi- nance, such an application may be made in any case in which the Colonial Secretary thinks it expedient in the publie interest that a controller should be appointed owing to circumstances or considerations arising out of the present war, and that section shall be construed accordingly,
(2.) Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance, as amended by this section, shall extend so as to enable a controllér to be appointed of a business carried on by a person in like manner as it applies to the appointment of a controller of a business carried on by a firm,
5.-(1.) Section 4 of the Trading with the Enemy Second Amendment Ordinance, 1915, which relates to the payment to the custodian of dividends, interest, and profits payable to or for the benefit of enemies, shall extend to sums which, had a state of war not existed, would have 5, c. 79, s. 1: been payable and paid in the Colony to enemies-
5 & 6 Geo.
Ordinance
No. 22 of 1915, s. 4.
(a) in respect of interest on securities issued by or on behalf of His Majesty's Government or the Government of any of His Majesty's Dominions or any foreign Government, or by or on behalf of any corporation or any municipal or other authority whether within or without the Colony; and