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THE CHINA (TREATY OF PEACE) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1919

(e) If any person called upon to pay any money or to transfer or otherwise to deal with any property rights or interests has reason to suspect that the same are subject to such charge as aforesaid, he shall, before paying, transferring, or dealing with the same, report the matter to the Custodian, and shall comply with any directions that the Custodian may give with respect thereto.

4. All decisions of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Section VI of Part X of the Treaty, if within the jurisdiction of that Tribunal, shall be final and conclusive, and binding on all courts.

5. For the purpose of enforcing the attendance of witnesses before the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, whether sitting in China or not, and compelling the production before the Tribunal of documents, the Minister shall have power to issue orders which shall have the like effect as if the proceedings before the Tribunal were an action in the court and the order were a formal process issued by that court in the due exercise of its jurisdiction and shall be enforceable by that court accordingly, and disobedience to any such order shall be punishable as contempt of court.

6. Sections IV, V, and VI of Part X of the Treaty relating to property rights and interests, to contracts, prescriptions and judgments, and to the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, and all provisions of the said Treaty affecting or relating to the charge created by this Order shall have full force and effect as law.

7. The time at which the periods of prescription or limitation of right of action referred to in Article 300 of the Treaty shall begin again to run shall be at the ex- piration of six months after the coming into force of the Treaty, and the period to be allowed within which presentation of negotiable instruments for acceptance or pay- ment, and notice of non-acceptance or non-payment or protest may be made under Article 301, shall be six months from the coming into force of the Treaty.

8. Rules made during the war by any recognised Exchange or Commercial Association providing for the closure of contracts entered into before the war by all enemy, and any action taken thereunder are hereby confirmed, subject to the pro- visos contained in paragraph 4 (a) of the Annex to Section V of Part X of the Treaty.

9. The power under Article 155 of the China Order in Council, 1904, or under any Order amending the said Order, to make King's Regulations shall extend to the issue of regulations for the purpose of enforcing the charge created by this Order, and for making such arrangements as may be required for establishing and assessing the claims and debts for the payment of which the property charged is rendered liable, and for the payments, in whole or in part, of the sums due.

10. This Order may be cited as the China (Treaty of Peace) Order in Council, 1919, and shall be read as one with the China Order in Council, 1904, and with any Order amending the same.

11. This Order shall come into operation on the date when the Treaty of Peace comes into force.

ALMERIC FITZROY.