✨ War Regulations
had since the commencement of the present war with Germany any
foreign correspondent in respect of that business or any part thereof,
shall before the 14th day of May, 1916, make and deliver to the
Attorney-General a return in writing of the name and place of
business of every such foreign correspondent.
(2.) "Correspondent" means any person, firm, or company between whom and the person, firm, or company making the return there exists or has existed the relation of principal and agent or of vendor and purchaser in respect of the purchase, sale, importation, or exportation of goods.
(3.) "Foreign correspondent" means any correspondent having a head office or chief place of business elsewhere than in the United Kingdom or a British possession or British protectorate or territory in the military occupation of His Majesty.
(4.) Every such return shall specify the nature of the business of the foreign correspondent, and every place in which to the knowledge or belief of the person, firm, or company making the return the foreign correspondent has any office, factory, warehouse, branch, or other place of business.
(5.) Failure to make any such return within the time aforesaid, or making any return which is knowingly incomplete or misleading, shall be an offence against the War Regulations on the part of every person concerned in the management of the business in respect of which the return is or ought to have been made.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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For the purposes of these regulations and of all other War Regulations, the term "alien enemy" includes the wife of an alien enemy.
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The term "enemy" as used in the War Regulations of the 7th day of June, 1915, means any person, firm, or company from whom or from which the purchase of goods is prohibited under the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914, or the War Regulations.
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In all prosecutions for any breach of the War Regulations in which the liability of the accused depends on his being an alien enemy he shall be presumed to be an alien enemy unless he produces sufficient evidence to the contrary.
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These regulations shall be read together with and deemed part of the War Regulations of the 10th day of November, 1914.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
NOTE.--The returns of foreign correspondents required by the foregoing regulations are not intended for publication, but will be treated as strictly confidential, save so far as the disclosure of any information so received may become necessary in the course of legal proceedings in any Court of Justice.
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Additional Regulations under the War Regulations Act, 1914
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration2 May 1916
War Regulations, Foreign Correspondents, Returns, Attorney-General, Offences
- J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council