12(1)In section 3 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (distribution of compensation payable by foreign governments) paragraph (c) shall be omitted and the following subsection shall be inserted, the existing section being renumbered as subsection (1)—
“(2)An Order in Council under this section may make provision—
(a)for defining the persons who are to be qualified, in respect of nationality or status, to make applications to the Commission for the purpose of establishing claims under this section and for imposing any other conditions to be fulfilled before such claims can be entertained;
(b)for prescribing the matters which have to be established to the satisfaction of the Commission by persons making such applications;
(c)for requiring documents of title relating to property in respect of which claims are established to be surrendered to the Commission and for securing the abandonment or extinction of rights in respect of which claims are established.”
(2)In section 4 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (procedure of Commission), subsection (3) shall be amended—
(a)by substituting for the words from “shall, in” to “Act” the word “may”;
(b)by omitting the words from “and the rules” onwards.