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REGULATIONS PROHIBITING TRADING WITH THE ENEMY

"Enemy" means any person or body of persons of whatever nationality resident or carrying on business in the enemy country, and any person or body of persons of enemy nationality resident or carrying on business in China, Siam, Persia or Morocco. In the case of incorporated bodies, enemy character attaches only to those incorporated in an enemy country.

"Person" means British subject, firm or corporation.

II.—Any person subject to the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Supreme Court for China who:

1. Pays any sum of in nay to or for the benefit of an enemy; or

2. Compromises or gives security for the payment of any debt or other sum of

money with or for the benefit of an enemy; or

3. Acts on behalf of an enemy in drawing, accepting, paying, presenting fər acceptance or payment, negotiating or otherwise dealing with any negotiable instrument; or

4. Accepts, pays, or otherwise deals with any negotiable instrument which is held by or on behalf of an enemy having at the time of such acceptance, payment, or dealing reasonable ground for believing that such instrument is held by or on behalf of an enemy; or

5. Enters into any new transactions, or completes any transaction already entered

into with an enemy in any stocks, shares or other securities; or

6. Directly or indirectly supplies to or for the use or benefit of, or obtains from,

an enemy country or an enemy any goods, wares or merchandise, or directly or indirectly supplies to or for the use or benefit of, or obtain from, any person any goods, wares or merchan lise, for or by way of transmission to or from an enemy country or an enemy, or directly or indirectly trades in or carries any goods, wares or merchandise destined for, or coming from, an enemy country or an enemy; or

7. Permits any British ship to leave for, enter or communicate with, any port

or place in an one my country; or

8. Enters into any commercial, financial or other contract or obligation with or

for the benefit of an enemy; or

9. Takes part in any act or transaction prohibited under any Proclamation dealing with the subject of trading with the enemy issued by His Majesty after the 25th day of June, 1915, and published in the minner provided by the Principal Order for the publication of King's Regulations.

Commits an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction, for each such offence to imprisoment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour, or to a fine not exceeding £50 or to both.

III. Where an enemy has a branch locally situate I in British, allie 1 or neutral territory-not being neatral territory in Europe, China, Sium, Persia or Morocco- transactions by or with such brauches shall not be treate l as transactions by or with an enemy.

Provided, however, that transactions hereafter entered into by any person resident, carrying on business, or being in Chinɩ :

(a) in respect of banking business with a branch situatel outside the Unitel Kingdom of an enemy person, firm or company; or

(b) in respect of any description of business with a branch situated outside the United Kingdom of an enemy bank shall be considered as transactions with an

enemy:

Provided that acceptance, payment or other dealings with any negotiable instrument which was drawn before the date of these Regulations shall not, it other- wise lawful, be deemed to be a transaction hereafter entered into within the meaning of this paragraph.