CO129-425 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [10-12] — Page 362

Report on an ordinance intituled

An Ordinance to amend further the Trading with the

Enemy Ordinance, 1914, and to effect certain pur-

poses connected therewith,

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The main object of this Ordinance was to introduce

the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment

Act, 1914, 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c.12, with reference to the

office of Custodian of Enemy Property. This subject is

dealt with in sections 3 to 7, both inclusive.

Subsection (6) of section 4 is intended to prevent

any clashing with the provisions of the Alien Enemies

(Winding up) Ordinance, 1914, and subsection (3) of

section 5 is intended to avoid throwing unnecessary work

on the liquidators. A notification has been issued ex-

empting the liquidators from the operation of both section

until further notice.

Section 8 is taken from section of the Trading with|

the Enemy Amendment Act, 1914.

The

Section 9 was intended to meet the same danger as

section 9 of that Act, but it is not altogether satis-

factory and its amendment is under consideration.

section in the United Kingdom Act referred to liability

to inspection under subsection (2) of section 2 of the

principal Act. That subsection was not telegraphed out

with the rest of the principal Act and accordingly it did

not appear in the principal Ordinance. When the print

of the principal Act reached the Colony and the non-inclu-

sion of this subsection was noticed, I considered that all

the powers likely to be required here had already been

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