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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1920. 395

deliver the property to him, and the Administrator shall have power to sell or otherwise deal with the property so delivered to him; (f) the Board of Trade may by order vest in the Administrator any property, right or interest subject to the charge, or the right to transfer the same, and for that purpose sub-sections (1) to (4) of section four of the Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1916, shall apply as if property, rights and interests subject to the charge were property belonging to an enemy or enemy subject and as if for references to the Custodian therein there were substituted references to the Administrator;

(g) 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 national of the former Austrian Empire 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 excuse to comply with any of the provisions of the order or wilfully gives false evidence he shall on summary conviction be liable to a fiue not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such imprisonment and fine.

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.

(h) 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 report the matter to the Administrator and shall comply with any direc- tions that the Administrator may give with respect thereto.

(xi) 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 the territories of the former Austrian Empire.

(xii) 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.

(xiii) The Administrator shall apply the sums received by him in satisfaction of the claims, debts and compensation mentioned in sub-section (ix) of this article.

(xiv) The Clearing Office and 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 by such rules 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 claims in order to rank must be made and the manner of making and proving the same..

(xv) There shall be attached to the Clearing Office, and the Administrator shall be assisted by, such officers and servants as the Board of Trade, subject to the consent of the Treasury, may determine, and there shall be paid to the Administrator and to such officers and servants such salaries or other remu- neration as the Treasury may determine.