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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong......å....M...£1919.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...................................................of 191 9
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to amend further the Trading with the Enemy Ordinances,
1914 to 1916,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is
Governor's Instructions.
one which is not contrary to the
2.
The object of this Ordinance is to carry out the general in-
tention, which is designed to take effect throughout the British
Empire, of putting an end in the British Empire to enemy Missions,
or Missions which (though nominally neutral) are of enemy associa-
tion, and which have been used for political propagandist purposes
against the interests of Great Britain and her Allies.
This
Ordinance enables the Governor to vest the property real or personal
and dispose of theppererta of such Missions in the Custodian together with the right to sell/