66848-1920-Treaty-of-Peace-Bulgaria-Order-1920 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 5, 1920. 369

creditor, and if the debt has been admitted by the debtor, or the debt or the amount thereof has been found by arbitration or by the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal or by a court of law, the Administrator may certify the amount so admitted or found due, together with such interest as aforesaid, and on production to the proper officer of the Supreme Court of the part of His Majesty's Dominions or the Protectorate in which the debtor resides of such a certificate, the certificate shall be registered by that officer, and shall from the date of such registration be of the same force and effect and all proceed- ings may be taken thereon as if the certificate were a judgment obtained in that court for the recovery of a debt of the amount specified in the certificate and entered upon the date of such regis- tration, and all reasonable costs and charges attendant upon the registration of such a certificate shall be recoverable in like manner as if they were part of such judgment.

(h) The court may on the application of the Administrator require any person known or suspected to have in his possession or under his control any property, right or interest subject to the charge, includ- ing any person known or suspected to owe a debt to a Bulgariau national or any person whom the court may consider capable of giving information with respect to the same, subject to payment or tender of reasonable expenses of his attendance, to attend as a witness and to give evidence or produce documents before the court or before such officer as the court may appoint for the purpose of examining into the matter, who shall have power to take evidence and administer oaths, and if any person fails without reasonable exense to comply with any of the provisions of the order or wilfully gives false evidence he shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such imprisonment aud line.

For the purposes of this paragraph “the Court "-means the High Court or a judge thereof or a county court or in Scotland the Court of Session or a sheriff court.

() if any person called upon to pay any money or to transfer or other- wise to deal with any property, rights or interests has reason to suspect that the same are subject to such charge as aforesaid he shall before paying, transferring or dealing with the same geport the matter to the Administrator and shall comply with any direc- tions that the Administrator may give with respect thereto.

iii) There shall be paid to the Administrator such surplus proceeds of property, rights and interests charged under Section 1 (xvi) of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, as may be allocated in accordance with Article 1 (xvi) (b) of that Order to the payment of amounts due in respect of claims by British nationals with regard to their property, rights and interests in Bulgarian territory.

(iv) The Administrator may, subject to the approval of the President of the Board of Trade, from time to time make, revoke or vary general rules and may prescribe forms for carrying into effect the provisions of this Order, and prescribe the time (not being less than six months after the coming into force of the Treaty) within which proof of debts and other claims in order to rank must be made and the manner of making and proving the same. (y) The Administrator shall, as respects property vested in or transferred to him under this Order, have all the rights and powers conferred upon or exercis- able, as respects property vested in him, by a trustee in bankruptcy, whether with or without the permission of a committee of inspection or the leave of the court.

(vi) The Administrator shall apply the sums received by him in satisfaction of the claims, debts and compensation mentioned in sub-section (i) of this article, but no payment shall be made by the Administrator in respect of any such debt unless he is satisfied that such efforts as the Administrator thinks reasonable and proper in the circumstances of the case have been made without success to recover directly from the person liable to satisfy the debt.

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