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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 25, 1940.

NOTICES.

No. 1175.

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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

In exercise of the powers conferred by the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940,, as applied to this Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, and the Emergency Powers (Colonial De- fence) (Amendment) Order in Council, 1940, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government makes the following regulations-

The Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, Fourth Amendment Regulations, 1940.

1. These regulations may be cited as The Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, Fourth Amendment Regulations,

1910.

2. Section 9 of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, as amended by Government Notifications Nos. $22 of 19th September, 1939, and 857 of 27th July, 1940, is further amended by the insertion of the words and figures "or a restriction order under section 10A" immediately after the figure 4" in the third line of sub-section (2) thereof.

3. The Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, is amended by the insertion of the following section immediately after section 10 thereof

10A.--(1) Where any business is being carried on in this Colony by or on behalf of or under the direction of persons all or any of whom are enemies or enemy subjects or appear to the Governor to be associated with enemies, the Governor may, if he thinks it expedient so to do, make-

(a) an order (hereafter in this section referred to as a *restriction order ") prohibiting the carrying on the business either absolutely or except for such purposes and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order; or

(b) an order (hereafter in this section referred to as a winding up order ") requiring the business to be wound up, and the making of a restriction order as respects any business shall not prejudice the power of the Governor, if he thinks it expedient so to do, at any subsequent date to make a winding up order as respects that business.

(2) The provisions of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance, 1914, so far as they are applicable, shall apply to any winding up under this section.

Power to

control and wind up

certain

businesses.

Ordinance 1914.

No. 28 of

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Published by His Excellency's Command.

24th October, 1940.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

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