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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 Japanese State or the Sovereign thereof,

ii

any individual resident in Japan,

iii

any body of persons constituted or incorporated under the laws of Japan,

iv

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

v

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

d

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

e

“Japan” means all territory which was under Japanese sovereignty on the 7th December, 1941;

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, 19392.