THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939. 919

(5) All sums received by virtue of this section or of an order made thereunder shall be paid into the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.

powers of

and Board

9.--(1) The Secretary of State and the Board of Trade Exercise of may respectively make arrangements whereby any sanction or Secretary approval which may be given under this Act by the Secretary of State of State or the Board is given on his or their behalf outside of Trade. the United Kingdom by such persons, and at such places, as the Secretary of State or the Board may determine; and any sanction or approval given in pursuance of such arrangements shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be a sanction or approval given by the Secretary of State or the Board, as the case may be.

(2) Anything required or authorized under this Act to be done by, to or before the Board of Trade may (without prejudice to any arrangements in force under the preceding sub-section) be done by, to or before the President of the Board, any secretary, under-secretary or assistant-secretary of the Board or any person authorized in that behalf by the President.

operation

10. The penal provisions of this Act shall apply to all Extra- persons in any country or territory to which this Act extends territorial or on board any ship or aircraft to which this Act applies, of penal and to all other persons being British subjects or British provisions protected persons, except persons in any of the following countries and territories, that is to say-

(a) any Dominion,

(b) any territory administered by His Majesty's Govern- ment in a Dominion,

(c) India, Burma and Southern Rhodesia, and

(d) any other country or territory being a country or territory under His Majesty's protection or suzerainty, and not being a country or territory to which this Act extends;

but nothing in this section shall be taken to restrict the operation of the provisions of this Act relating to the forfeiture of ships.

of Act.

11. (1) This Act extends to the following countries and Extent territories, that is to say-

(a) the United Kingdom,

(b) the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man,

(c) Newfoundland, and any colony except Southern Rhodesia or a colony administered by His Majesty's Govern- ment in a Dominion,

(d) any British protectorate, and

(e) any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom;

and also extends (in so far as His Majesty has jurisdiction therein) to any other country or territory being a foreign country or territory in which for the time being His Majesty has jurisdiction, and not being a country or territory administered by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion.

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