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Enclosure 2.

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(REW 21 APR 9.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong....th... March....191 9

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.....2.. ...................of 1919.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

An Ordinance to prohibit the carrying on of banking business for the

benefit of or under the control of certain persons,

2.

and I ani

of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the

Governor's Instructions.

This Ordinance is based on section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1918, 8 and 9 Geo. 5, c.31, a copy of which was enclosed in the Secretary of State's circular despatch of the 23rd September,1918.

3.

The terma "coporation under prohibited control" and "prohibited person" have been adopted instead of the term "enemy controlled corpora- tion" and "enemy subject". This has been done because the Ordinance will presumably continue in force for at least five years after the ter- mination of the war,

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