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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 30, 1917. 175

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13. No liquidator shall in any winding up under the Liquidators Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinances, 1914 to 1917, not to sell or otherwise deal with any immovable property in transfer such a way that it shall, either directly or indirectly and either forthwith or after any interval of time, become pro- prohibited perty under prohibited control.

immovable property to

control.

14.-(1.) No sale or lease of immovable property in any Statutory winding up under the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordi- declaration nances, 1914 to 1917, shall be completed unless and until before the purchaser shall have made a statutory declaration in completion the appropriate form set forth in the schedule hereto.

(2.) Where the sale or lease is to a corporation such declaration shall be made by some officer of the corporation duly authorised thereto by the corporation and approved for that purpose by the liquidator.

of sale or lease.

and others

transfer

15.-(1.) Except with the permission of the Governor, Purchasers no person by whom any immovable property sold by a liquidator in any winding up under the Alien Enemies not to (Winding up) Ordinances, 1914 to 1917, is or shall be immovable held, shall sell, transfer, lease, mortgage, bequeath or property to otherwise deal with any such property in such a way that prohibited it shall, either directly or indirectly and either forthwith control. or after any interval of time, become property under pro- hibited control,

(2.) If any person contravenes the provisions of this section such person, or in the case of a deccased person his estate, shall forfeit to the Crown the sum of fifty thousand dollars to be recovered at the suit of the Attorney General,

(3.) The penalty provided in this section shall be with- out prejudice to any other penalty, or to any forfeiture, to which any such person or his estate may be liable.

16.-(1.) If any immovable property sold, leased or Forfeiture otherwise dealt with by a liquidator in any winding up of property under the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinances, 1914 transferred

to prohibited to 1917, or any part of such property, shall have becone control. or shall become property under prohibited coutrol, the Attorney General may apply to the Supreme Court for a declaration that such property or such part thereof be forfeited to the Crown, and the Court shall declare such property or such part thereof to be so forfeited, and there- upon it shall be so forfeited accordingly.

(2.) The forfeiture provided in this section shall be with- out prejudice to any penalty to which any person may be liable.

property

17.—(1.) The Governor may at any time require any Power of person claiming to be the owner of or to be entitled to any Governor immovable property sold by a liquidator in any winding up to require under the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinances, 1914 owner of to 1917, or any part thereof, to furnish to him in writing to furnish such particulars as may appear to him to be necessary to certain enable him to ascertain whether or not such property or particulars. such part thereof is under prohibited control, and in the case of a corporation may require any officer of the cor- poration to furnish the required particulars.

(2.) If any person fails when required to furnish such particulars as it is in his power to give or ascertain, or furnishes particulars which are false in any material particular, he shall be liable upon summary conviction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

(3.) Where any particulars have been furnished in accordance with this section such particulars may be used in evidence against the person or corporation by whom they are furnished in any proceedings under this Ordinance, and the fact that any person who has been required to furnish particulars in accordance with this section refuses or neglects to furnish such particulars as it is in his power to give or aseurtain or furnishes particulars which are false in any material particular shall be primâ facie evidence in the case of proceedings under this Ordinance that such property or such part thereof is under prohibited control.

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