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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 21, 1916.

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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 318.--The following Order of His Majesty in Council which appeared in the London Gazette of the 23rd May, 1916, is published for general information.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 23RD DAY OF MAY, 1916.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by a Royal Proclamation, bearing even date herewith, called "The

Trading with the Enemy (Statutory List) Proclamation, 1916, No. 3," and issued under the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Act, 1915, it is declared that all persons or bodies of persons, incorporated or unincorporated, resident, carrying on business, or being in the United Kingdom are prohibited from trading with any of the persons or bodies of persons mentioned in the List in such Proclamation (which List is therein and herein called the Statutory List), and that the provisions of the Trading with the Emeny Acts, 1914 to 1916, and of the Customs (War Powers) Acts, 1915 and 1916, and all other enactments relating to trading with the enemy, shall, subject to such exceptions and adaptations as are prescribed by Order in Council of even date therewith, meaning thereby this Order or as may be prescribed by any Order in Council hereafter to be issued, apply in respect of the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List as if for references in such enactments to trading with the enemy there were substituted references to trading with the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List and for references to enemies there were substituted references to the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List:

And whereas it is expedient to make such exceptions and adaptations in the pro- visions of the said Acts and enactments as are herein prescribed:-

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Act, 1915, or otherwise vested in Him, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1. The said Acts and enactments shall apply in respect of the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List as if for references therein to trading with the enemy there were substituted references to trading with the persons and bodies of persons mentioned in the Statutory List, and for references to enemies there were substituted references to those persons and bodies of persons, and for references to offences under the Trading with the Enemy Acts, 1914 to 1916, or any of those Acts, there were substituted references to offences under the Trading with the Enemy (Extension of Powers) Act, 1915, and subject to the following exceptions and adaptations, that is to say :-

A. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914 :----

For the reference in Section 1 to the 4th day of August, 1914, shall be sub- stituted a reference to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.

B. In the application of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Act, 1914:-

(1) Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 shall not apply.

(2) For the references in Section 6 to the commencement of the present War, and to the 19th day of November, 1914, wherever such expressions respectively occur, shall be substituted references to the date of this Order, or in respect of any person or body of persons added to the Statutory List to the date of the Order adding him or them to the Statutory List.