New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 36

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through an enemy, any money which he could not lawfully pay to the enemy himself, whether the title of such assignee or person claiming through an enemy has accrued before or after the coming into operation of these regulations.

No person shall, without the permission of the Attorney-General, be in any manner concerned in the transfer of any enemy property from an enemy to any other person, or in the acquisition by any person of any charge or other interest in or over any enemy property, or in the registration or recording of any such transfer or acquisition.
No person shall, without the permission of the Attorney-General, acquire or be concerned in the acquisition of the undertaking or business, or of any part of the undertaking or business, of an enemy, or carry on or profess to carry on business as the successor of an enemy.

Trading with the Enemy.

(a.) No person shall trade with any company or firm carrying on business elsewhere than in the British Dominions if that company or firm is incorporated or has, or had at the commencement of the present war with Germany, its chief place of business in enemy territory; provided that trading with a branch of any such company or firm shall not be deemed to be trading with that company or firm if the branch is carrying on business exclusively within the British Dominions.

(b.) Enemy territory in this regulation does not include territory in the military occupation of His Majesty’s Forces, and all territory so occupied shall be deemed to be included within the British Dominions for the purposes of this regulation.

(c.) In this regulation trading with a company or firm means the doing of any act which would be an offence against the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914, or its amendments, if that company or firm was resident and carrying on business exclusively in enemy territory.

(d.) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to prohibit any act which is permitted by a license issued by the Attorney-General, and the Attorney-General is hereby empowered to issue such licenses accordingly.

(a.) If the Attorney-General is satisfied that any company, firm, or person carrying on business in any place, whether in or out of New Zealand, is carrying on such business exclusively or to a substantial extent for the benefit or under the control of alien enemies resident out of New Zealand or of an enemy company, or is engaged in any business, communications, or undertaking injurious to the interests of His Majesty in respect of the present war, he may by notice in the Gazette declare such first-mentioned company, firm, or person to be an enemy.

(b.) If the Attorney-General is satisfied that any person resident out of New Zealand is an alien enemy and is carrying on business in New Zealand, he may by notice in the Gazette declare such person to be an enemy.

(c.) Any such declaration as aforesaid may be at any time in like manner revoked by the Attorney-General.

(d.) So long as any such declaration remains unrevoked no person shall trade with the company, firm, or person so declared to be an enemy.

(e.) So long as any such declaration remains unrevoked no person shall act as an agent or servant or otherwise on behalf of the person, firm, or company so declared to be an enemy, or as a partner of such person or in such firm.

(f.) In this regulation trading with a company, firm, or person means the doing of any act which would be an offence against the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914, or its amendments, if that company, firm, or person was resident and carrying on business exclusively in enemy territory.

(g.) Nothing in this regulation shall be deemed to prohibit any act which is permitted by a license issued by the Attorney-General, and the Attorney-General is hereby empowered to issue such licenses accordingly.

(a.) If the Minister of Customs, in the case of any goods shipped or about to be shipped for exportation to any place not being within the British Dominions, has reason to suspect that the consignee is an enemy or a person engaged in any business, undertaking, or communications injurious to the interests of His Majesty in respect of the present war, he may prohibit the exportation of those goods.

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🏛️ Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914 (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated3 April 1916
KeywordsWar Regulations, Enemy, Enemy Property, Enemy Company, Trading Restrictions

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