(a.) His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte in Egypt;

(6.) His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar in Zanzibar ; (c.) The Supreme Court of Cyprus in Cyprus;

the Court shall, in respect of the present war, have, under "The Naval Prize Courts Acts, 1864 to 1914," the jurisdiction thereby conferred on a Vice-Admiralty Prize Court, and those Acts and any Order in Council made thereunder shall apply accordingly, subject to such modifications (if any) as to His Majesty in Council may appear expedient or necessary.

2. This Act may be cited as "The Prize Courts (Egypt, Zanzibar, and Cyprus) Act, 1914."

ACT of the British Parliament to make Provision in connection with the present War with respect to Bills of Exchange Payable Outside the British Islands.

[4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 82.]

[September 18, 1914.]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1. Without prejudice to the operation of subsection (1) of section 46 of "The Bills of Exchange Act, 1882," delay in the presentment for payment of a bill of exchange, where the proper place for payment is outside the British Islands, is excused if the delay is, or has been, due either directly or indirectly to circumstances arising out of the present war, or to the impracticability, owing to similar circumstances, of transmitting the bill to the place of payment with reasonable safety.

2. Where, in any action or proceeding upon a bill of exchange payable outside the British Islands, it is shown to the Court that the bill has been lost and that the loss can reasonably be presumed to be due to circumstances attributable directly or indirectly to the present war, the Court may allow proof of the bill to be given by means of a copy thereof certified by a notary public, or by means of such other evidence as the Court think reasonable under the circumstances: Provided that such indemnity be given against the claims of other persons as the Court may require.

3. His Majesty. may, by Order in Council, at any time determine the operation of this Act, or provide that this Act shall have effect subject to such limitations as may be contained in the Order; but, subject to the operation of any such Order in Council, this Act shall have effect during the continuance of the present war and for a period of six months thereafter.

4. This Act may be cited as "The Bills of Exchange Act, 1914."

ACT of the British Parliament to make Provision with respect to Penalties for Trading with the Enemy, and other purposes connected therewith.

[4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 87.]

[September 18, 1914.]

BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1.-(1.) Any person who during the present war trades or has, since the 4th day of August, 1914, traded with the enemy within the meaning of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall

(a.) On conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to a fine not exceeding 500l., or to both such imprisonment and fine; or

(b.) On conviction on indictment be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven or less than three years, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both such penal servitude or imprisonment and fine;

and the Court may in any case order that any goods or money, in respect of which the offence has been committed, be forfeited.

(2.) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to have traded with the enemy if he has entered into any transaction or done any act which was, at the time of such transaction or act, prohibited by or under any proclamation issued by His Majesty dealing with trading with the enemy for the time being in force, or which at common law or by statute constitutes an offence of trading with the enemy:

Provided that any transaction or act permitted by or under any such proclamation shall not be deemed to be trading with the enemy.

(3.) Where a company has entered into a transaction or has done any act which is an offence under this section, every director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the company who is knowingly a party to the transaction or act shall also be deemed guilty of the offence.

(4.) A prosecution for an offence under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the AttorneyGeneral:

Provided that the person charged with such an offence may be arrested and a warrant for his arrest may be issued and executed, and such person may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that the consent of the Attorney-General

to the institution of the prosecution for the offence has not been obtained; but no further or other proceedings shall be taken until that consent has been obtained.

(5.) Where an act constitutes an offence both under this Act and under any other Act, or both under this Act and at common law, the offender shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished under either this Act or such other Act, or under this Act or at common law, but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence.

2.-(1.) If a Justice of the Peace is satisfied, on information on oath laid on behalf of a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade, that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed by any person, firm, or company, he may issue a warrant authorizing any person appointed by a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade, and named in the warrant, to inspect all books or documents belonging to or under the control of that person, firm, or company, and to require any person able to give any information with respect to the business or trade of that person, firm, or company to give that information, and, if accompanied by a constable, to enter and search any premises used in connection with the business or trade, and to seize any such books or documents as aforesaid:

Provided that when it appears to a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade that the case is one of great emergency and that in the interests of the State immediate action is necessary, a Secretary of State or the Board of Trade may, by written order, give to a person appointed by him or them the like authority as may be given by a warrant of a Justice under this subsection.

(2.) Where it appears to the Board of Trade

(a.) In the case of a firm, that one of the partners in the firm was immediately before or at any time since the commencement of the present war a subject of, or resident or carrying on business in, a State for the time being at war with His Majesty; or

(b.) In the case of a company, that one-third or more of the issued share capital or of the directorate of the company immediately before or at any time since the commencement of the present war was held by, or on behalf of, or consisted of persons who were subjects of, or resident or carrying on business in, a State for the time being at war with His Majesty; or

(c.) In the case of a person, firm, or company, that the person was or is, or the firm or company were or are, acting as agent for any person, firm, or company trading or carrying on business in a State for the time being at war with His Majesty ;

the Board of Trade may, if they think it expedient for the purpose of satisfying themselves that the person, firm, or company are not trading with the enemy, by written order, give to a person appointed by them, without any warrant from a Justice,

authority to inspect all books and documents belonging to or under the control of the person, firm, or company, and to require any person able to give information with respect to the business or trade of that person, firm, or company to give that information.

For the purposes of this subsection, any person authorized in that behalf by the Board of Trade may inspect the register of members of a company at any time, and any shares in a company for which share warrants to bearer have been issued shall not be reckoned as part of the issued share capital of the company.

(3.) If any person having the custody of any book or document which a person is authorized to inspect under this section refuses or wilfully neglects to produce it for inspection, or if any person who is able to give any information which may be required to be given under this section refuses or wilfully neglects when required to give that information, that person shall, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding 501., or to both such imprisonment and fine.

3. Where it appears to the Board of Trade in reference to any firm or company—

(a.) That an offence under this Act has been or is likely to be committed in connection with the trade or business thereof; or

(b.) That the control or management thereof has been or is likely to be so affected by the state of war as to prejudice the effective continuance of its trade or business, and that it is in the public interest that the trade or business should continue to be carried on;

the Board of Trade may apply to the High Court for the appointment of a controller of the firm or company, and the High Court shall have power to appoint such a controller, for such time and subject to such conditions and with such powers as the Court thinks fit, and the powers so conferred shall be either those of a receiver and manager, or those powers subject to such modifications, restrictions, or extensions as the Court thinks fit (including, if the Court considers it necessary or expedient for enabling the controller to borrow money, power, after a special application to the Court for that purpose, to create charges on the property of the firm or company in priority to existing charges).

The Court shall have power to direct how and by whom the costs of any proceedings under this section, and the remuneration, charges, and expenses of the controller, shall be borne, and shall have power, if it thinks fit, to charge such costs, charges, and expenses on the property of the firm or company in such order of priority, in relation to any existing charges thereon, as it thinks fit,

4.- (1.) This Act may be cited as The Trading with the Enemy Act, 1914."

(2.) In this Act the expression "Attorney-General" means the Attorney or Solicitor-General for England; and as respects Scotland, means the Lord Advocate; and as respects Ireland, means the Attorney or Solicitor-General for Ireland.

(3.) In the application of this Act to Scotland, the Secretary for Scotland shall be substituted for a Secretary of State, and the Court of Session shall be substituted for the High Court; the Court exercising summary jurisdiction shall be the Sheriff Court; references to a Justice of the Peace shall include references to the Sheriff and to a Burgh Magistrate; and references to a receiver and manager shall be construed as references to a judicial factor.

(4.) In the application of this Act to Ireland, the LordLieutenant shall be substituted for a Secretary of State.

(5.) Anything authorized under this Act to be done by the Board of Trade may be done by the President or a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Board, or any person authorized in that behalf by the President of the Board.

ACT of the British Parliament to make such Provisions as are necessary to enable the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty to come into Force.

[5 Geo. V, c. 1.]

[November 27, 1914.]

WHEREAS His Majesty the King and the President of the Portuguese Republic have concluded the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation set out in the schedule to this Act, and by the Final Protocol appended thereto, it is provided that the Treaty shall not come into force until the sanction of Parliament to Article 6 thereof has been obtained:

Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. The description "port" or "madeira" applied to any wine or other liquor, other than wine the produce of Portugal and the island of Madeira respectively, shall be deemed to be a false trade description within the meaning of "The Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887,"* and that Act shall have effect accordingly:

Provided that it shall be a good defence to any proceedings under that Act in respect of such a description as aforesaid if it is proved

(a.) That the wine or other liquor to which the description

* Vol. LXXVIII, page 814.