Instructions as to the Registration of Claims by British sub- jects in Respect of Property Requisitioned, Sequestrated, or Destroyed by Enemy Governments.
1. A Statutory Declaration verifying the claim must be sent to the Director of the Foreign Claims Office. The Declaration must be in the form prescribed by "The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835."
2. If the claimant was born within His Majesty's dominions the Declaration should state the date and place of his birth. If the claimant was born outside His Majesty's dominions, but derives British nationality from his father or grandfather, the Declara- tion should state the date and place of birth of such father or grandfather.
If the claimant is a naturalised British subject the Declaration should state the date of his naturalisation and his previous nationality.
3. If the claimant is a Company incorporated under the laws of the United Kingdom, or some British Dominion or Colony, the Declaration should state the date of incorporation.
If all the persons holding shares or otherwise interested in the Company are British subjects the Declaration should state that fact.
If some of the persons holding shares or otherwise interested in the Company are aliens, the Declaration should state the nationality of those persons and the nature of their interest in the Company.
4. Full particulars of the property in respect whereof the claim is made must be set out in the Declaration or in a schedule attached thereto.
5. The Declaration must state the value of the property and the amount of the claim.
Where the value of the property can be proved by documentary evidence, copies of those documents should be attached to the Declaration,
Where documentary evidence of the value of the property cannot be adduced, the evidence of the claimant should, so far as it is possible to do so, be corroborated by that of other persons.
6. The Declaration must state the facts with regard to the requisitioning, sequestration, or destruction of the property so far as they are known to the claimant.
If the claimant holds any receipts or other documentary evidence of the seizure of his property, copies of such documents should be attached to the Doclaration.
7. The Declaration must also state that, at the date when the property was requisitioned, sequestrated, or destroyed, the claimant was the absolute owner thereof.
8. If the claimant, or any person on his behalf, has received any payment in respect of the property, particulars thereof must be set out in the Declaration,
9. The fact that a claim is registered in the Foreign Claims Office does not imply an undertaking on the part of His Majesty's Government to put forward such claim on the termination of hostilities or any assurance that the claim, if put forward, will be paid.
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