THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 4, 1940.
(2) Goods shipped from any port from which goods of enemy origin or ownership might have been shipped, and not covered by a valid Certificate of Origin and Interest, shall, until the contrary is established, be deemed to be of enemy origin or ownership.
4. Goods of enemy origin or ownership shall be liable to condemnation.
5. Any vessel seized under Article 2 hereof and carrying contraband or goods of enemy origin or ownership shall be liable to condemnation in respect of such carriage.
6.-(1) A Ship or Cargo Navicert, Export or Tranship- ment Licence ceases to be valid if any condition or direction to which it is subject is not observed.
(2) A Ship Navicert ceases to be valid if, after obtaining it, the vessel calls at an enemy port or (unless otherwise indicated in the Navicert) at any port other than a declared port of destination.
7. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to any vessel which left her last port of departure before the 1st day of August, 1940, on her way to or from a port through which goods might reach or come from enemy territory or the enemy armed forces, or to any goods carried in such a vessel.
8. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to confer any immunity from detention, seizure or condemnation on any vessel or goods by reason of being provided with or covered by any form of pass or permit.
9. Nothing in this Order shall affect the liability of any vessel or goods to detention, seizure or condemnation inde- pendently of this Order.
10. The law and practice in Prize shall, so far as applicable, be followed in all cases arising under this Order.
11. Proceedings under this Order may be taken in any Prize Court having jurisdiction to which the Prize Court Rules, 1939(a), apply.
E. C. E. Leadbitter.
(a) S.R. & 0. 1939 (No. 1466) II. p. 2798.
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