Article 10

For the purposes of this Order the following expressions shall have the following meanings:—

(a)

“the Act” means the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939;

(b)

“the Custodian” means the Custodian of Enemy Property appointed under section 7 of the Act for that part of the United Kingdom in which the property is situate or if in any case any doubt shall arise, then such Custodian of Enemy Property appointed under the said section as the Board of Trade shall direct;

(c)

“enemy” means—

(i)

the German State;

(ii)

any individual resident in Germany;

(iii)

any body of persons constituted or incorporated under the laws of Germany;

(iv)

any body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) carrying on business in any place, if any so long as the body is controlled by any State, individual or body of persons as aforesaid;

(v)

as respects any business carried on in Germany any individual or body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) carrying on that business in Germany;

(d)

“enemy subject” means an individual who, not being either a British subject or a British protected person, possesses German nationality and is resident in Japan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Roumania, Italy or Austria;

(e)

“Germany” means territory comprised in the German State on the first day of March, 1938;

(f)

“property” has the same meaning as that assigned to it in Section 7 of the Act;

(g)

“securities” means annuities, stock, shares bonds, coupons, debentures or debenture stock registered or inscribed in any register, branch register or other book kept in the United Kingdom or transferable by delivery of any document situate in the United Kingdom;

(h)

“Vesting Order” has the same meaning as that assigned to it in Article 2 of the Trading with the Enemy (Custodian) Order, 1939^f1 .

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: II, p. 3202.