CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 54

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Section 4 (1) Ord. No. 22 of 1915.

Section 4

(1) Ord. No. 22 of 1915.

Capital

repayable

Custodian

(b) Profits due to enemy Partners or enemy

owners of businesses.

(c) Interest on loans made by enemies for

of trade or business.

the purposes

6. Any sum which may become due to

an

on maturity enemy by way of payment off of any securities to be paid to which have become repayable on maturity, or by being drawn for payment or otherwise, must also be paid over to the Custodian.

Section 5 (1b) Ord. No. 28 of 1915.

Dividends payable to nominees

of enemy to be paid to custo- dian. Section 5 (2) Ord. No. 28 of 1815.

Penalties, Section 4

The official form required for making the neces- sary return is known as Receivable Order “ A**

rr

7. Cheques should be made payable to the Custodian of Enemy Property and crossed. Covers should be addressed to The Custodian, General Post Office Building, Top Floor.

8. The Custodian may give notice to any person, firm or Company to pay over to him dividends

any etc., which in default of such notice would be payable to a person holding shares in the firm or Company on behalf of an enemy person.

9. It should be noted that very severe penalties

(3) Section are prescribed in the above Ordinances for neglect (1) & (2) either to make the necessary returns or the neces- Ord. No. 22 of 1915. sary payments. Section 6 (2) Ord No. 28 of 1915 Section 4 (1) & (2) Ord 5 of 1918.

* See Appendix 1.

to pay

sums due

10. Any Company body or person having reason Right to suspect that any coupon or other security trans- into Court ferable by delivery is presented for payment on on coupons behalf of an enemy the Company, body or person suspected may pay the sum due into the Supreme Court and such payment shall be a good discharge to the property Company, body or person,

IN

REGISTRATION OF BRITISH PROPERTY

ENEMY COUNTRIES AND IN TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY,

of being enemy

Section 8 Ord. No. 22 of 1915.

property

11. Every person who is entitled to property Returns to of any description whatsoever in enemy territory be made

by persons or in territory in hostile occupation, or to any entitled to interest in any such property and every person in enemy who has any claim against an enemy person or territory. enemy Government must make a return of such property or claim to the Custodian. No return is Section 3 necessary if such return has already been made Ord. No. 5 voluntarily to the Custodian or the Foreign Claims of 1918.

Office before the commencement of the “Claims against Enemies Ordinance of 1918".

The forms supplied for the purpose of making this return are as follows :—

Registration Order “G*” to be used for making Debts and

Bank

a return of bank balances held by enemies and Balances. debts due by enemies to British firms or persons. [For subheads see Appendix II].

It should also include unpresented bills accepted by and unpresented cheques drawn by enemy firms or persons. It should be noted that unpaid divi-

* See Appendix |

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