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such liquidator in respect of the trade or personal affairs which he was appointed to wind up, or against any alien enemy whose trade or personal affairs a liquidator has been appointed to wind up.
(4.) No further proceeding of any kind whatsoever shall without the permission of the Governor be taken in any action or other legal proceeding which was or shall have been begun against any such alien enemy before the appointment of a liquidator to wind up the trade or per- sonal affairs of such alien enemy,
(5.) Where by the law and practice of the Supreme Court or by any special order any limited time from and after any date or event is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding in any such action or other legal proceeding as is referred to in this section any time which elapses between the date of the commencement of this Ordinance and the date on which any permission of the Governor to take further proceedings in the said action or other legal proceeding shall be served on the other party or parties by the party obtaining such permission, both dates inclusive, shall not be reckoned in the computation of such limited time.
(6.) No execution of any kind whatsoever shall without the express permission of the Governor issue against any such liquidator or any such alien enemy in any such action or other legal proceeding as is referred to in this section, whether any general permission to begin the action or other legal proceeding or to take further proceedings therein shall have been obtained from the Governor or not.
(7.) No plaintiff in any such action or other legal pro- ceeding as is referred to in this section shall be deemed to be a secured creditor by reason only of any order or judg ment made or given in such action or other legal proceed- ing before the commencement of this Ordinance or by reason only of such order or judgment and of any steps taken thereunder.
Action by or liquidator to against
bind alien
enemy and
3. Every order and judgment duly made or given in any action or other legal proceeding brought by or against any liquidator appointed under the Principal Ordinance in respect of the trade or personal affairs which such liquida- tor was appointed to wind up shall for all purposes and in others. all respects be as binding on the alien enemy whose trade or personal affairs such liquidator was appointed to wind up and on all the persons entitled to the profits of such trade as if the action or other legal proceeding had been brought by or against, and the order or judgment had been made or given for or against, such alien enemy and persons as well as by, against, or for such liquidator.
4. The Supreme Court shall have power to stay any Court to action or other legal proceeding brought against any have power liquidator appointed under the Principal Ordinance in action to stay respect of the trade or personal affairs which such liquida- against tor was appointed to wind up in any case in which it shall liquidator. seem to the Court to be desirable to do so in the interests of justice on account of the liquidator being unable to obtain proper instructions from the alien enemy whose trade or personal affairs such liquidator was appointed to wind up.
5. The Supreme Court shall have power, of its own Court to motion or at the application of any party or on the re-
have power presentation of the Crown, to stay any action brought action to stay against any alien enemy in any case in which it may seem against to the Court to be desirable to do so in the interests of alien enemy. justice on account of the impossibility of obtaining proper instructions from such alieu enemy owing to the state of war which exists between His Majesty and the State to which such alien enemy belongs.
6.--(1.) Any liquidator appointed under the Principal Liquidator Ordinance shall with the permission of the Governor be to be entitled to apply to the Court for directions on any matter arising out of the winding up.
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