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the goods may be seized, by force if necessary, and may on application to a magistrate be ordered by such magistrate to be forfeited to the Crown.
(2) Upon the making of any such order of forfeiture, the goods shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in his absolute discretion, to entertain and give effect to any moral claim to or in respect of the goods.
(3) In any proceeding for the forfeiture of any goods so seized as aforesaid, the place of origin of the goods shall be deemed to be in enemy territory or, as the case may be, the goods shall be deemed to be destined for or to have come from an enemy, unless the contrary is proved.
(4) In this section, goods "destined for" an enemy includes goods directly or indirectly supplied to or for the use or benefit of an enemy or for transmission to an enemy; and goods which have "come from" an enemy includes goods directly or indirectly obtained from an enemy: Provided always that the power of seizure hereinbefore contained shall not apply in respect of goods which have been lawfully imported into the Colony or are the subject matter of a contract lawfully concluded pursuant, in either case, to an enactment, authorization, order, licence or permit whereunder the application of this Ordinance is exempted or modified.
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31. (1) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining any authority or sanction under this Ordinance, or in giving any information for the purposes of this Ordinance or of any order made thereunder, or for the purpose of obtaining a permit or licence to export any goods the exportation of which without a permit or licence is prohibited by or under any proclamation or Ordinance or Order in Council—
(a) makes or presents any declaration or statement or representation which is false in any material particular; or
(b) produces a guarantee, certificate or undertaking which is false in any material particular or has
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the goods may be seized, by force if necessary, and may on application to a magistrate be ordered by such magistrate to be forfeited to the Crown.
(2) Upon the making of any such order of forfeiture, the goods shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in his absolute discretion, to entertain and give effect to any moral claim to or in respect of the goods.
(3) In any proceeding for the forfeiture of any goods so seized as aforesaid, the place of origin of the goods shall be deemed to be in enemy territory or, as the case may be, the goods shall be deemed to be destined for or to have come from an enemy, unless the contrary is proved.
(4) In this section, goods "destined for" an enemy includes goods directly or indirectly supplied to or for the use or benefit of an enemy or for transmission to an enemy; and goods which have "come from" an enemy includes goods directly or indirectly obtained from an enemy: Provided always that the power of seizure herein before 2 of 1946, contained shall not apply in respect of goods which have Schedule. been lawfully imported into the Colony or are the subject matter of a contract lawfully concluded pursuant, in either case, to an enactment, authorization, order, licence or permit whereunder the application of this Ordinance is exempted or modified.
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obstruction. 6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 52, 8. 1.
31. (1) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining False any authority or sanction under this Ordinance, or in giving any information for the purposes of this Ordinance or of any order made thereunder, or for the purpose of obtaining a permit or licence to export any goods the exportation of which without a permit or licence is prohibited by or under any proclamation or Ordinance or Order in Council-
(a) makes or presents any declaration or statement or representation which is false in any material particular; or
(b) produces a guarantee, certificate or undertaking which is false in any material particular or has
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