Produc-
tion of documents, accounts
etc.
Search warrants,
Custodian, within three months from the date on which these regulations come into operation by notice in writing communicate to the Administrator full particulars of all shares, stock, deben- tures and debenture stock, bonds or other securities issued by the company which are German enemy property; and if any shares, stock, debentures or debenture stock, bonds or other securities issued by any such company as aforesaid become German enemy property after the coming into operation of these regulations, the company shall within fourteen days after the day on which the property becomes German enemy property, by like notice com- municate to the Administrator the like particulars in regard to that property.
12. (0) If it appears to the Administrator expendient so to do for the purpose of collecting German enemy property or dis- charging any of his other functions, the Administrator may, by notice in writing-
(a) require any person to produce, at a time and place specified in the notice, to the Administrator, or to any person nominated by him for the purpose, any books or documents specified or described in the notice, being books or documents which are in his custody or under his control, or
(b) require any person to furnish to the Administrator such returns, accounts or other information as may be specified or described in the notice, and specify the time, the manner and the form in which any such returns, accounts or information are to be furnished.
(a) The Administrator may take copies of any books or docu- ments produced under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1).
13. (1) If a justice of the peace is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that there is situate in or on any premises specified in the information any German enemy property or document of title or evidence relating thereto or any strong room, safe, box or other sealed receptacle which may contain any German enemy property or document of title or evidence relating thereto, he may grant a search warrant authorizing any police officer, together with any other persons named in the warrant, at any time or times within one month from the date of the warrant, to enter the premises specified in
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the information, if necessary by force, and to search the premises and to open the strong room, safe, box or other scaled receptacle so specified.
(2) A person authorized by any such warrant as aforesaid to enter any premises or to open any strong room, safe, box or other sealed receptacle may take possession of anything therein which he has reasonable ground for suspecting to be German enemy property or a document of title or evidence relating thereto.
14. (0) The court may on the application of the Order for Administrator require any person known or suspected to have
attend-
ance of
in his possession or under his control any German enemy property witnesses, or any person whom the court may consider capable of giving information with respect to the same, to attend as a witness, subject to payment or tender of reasonable expenses of his attend- ance, and to give or produce documents before the court or before such officer as the court may appoint for the purpose of examining into the matter, who shall have power to take evidence and administer oaths.
(2) The Administrator shall be entitled to appear and be represented and to examine any person required to attend under this regulation.
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15. A person who, having been resident in Germany at any Proof of time, seeks under subsection (a) of section 2 of the Ordinance to German prove to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that he was not nation-
ality. at that time a German national, must do so before 1st of October, 1956, by furnishing to the Administrator a statutory declaration (or, where the person is not resident in the Colony, either a statutory declaration or, with the consent of the Administrator, such other form of declaration as may be appropriate under the laws of the country of residence) made or executed by him of the relevant facts supported by such certificates or other appropriate documents as the Administrator may require:
Provided that the Administrator shall, if the Governor so directs in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 5 of the Ordinance, transfer any German enemy property or the proceeds of any German enemy property held by reason of the operation of sub- section (2) of section 2 of the Ordinance and this regulation.