Trading with the
Enemy Act, 1939.
Ireland except by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, as the case may be:
Provided that this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remanding, in custody or on bail, of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of a prosecution for the offence has not been obtained.
Definition of enemy. 2.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the expression “enemy” for the purposes of this Act means—
- (a) any State, or Sovereign of a State, at war with His Majesty,
- (b) any individual resident in enemy territory,
- (c) any body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) carrying on business in any place, if and so long as the body is controlled by a person who, under this section, is an enemy, or
- (d) any body of persons constituted or incorporated in, or under the laws of, a State at war with His Majesty;
but does not include any person by reason only that he is an enemy subject.
(2) The Board of Trade may by order direct that any person specified in the order shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be, while so specified, an enemy.
Inspection and supervision of businesses. 3.—(1) The Board of Trade, if they think it expedient for securing compliance with section one of this Act so to do, may by written order authorise a specified person (hereafter in this section referred to as “an inspector”) to inspect any books or documents belonging to, or under the control of, a person named in the order, and to require that person and any other person to give such information in his possession with respect to any business carried on by the named person as the inspector may demand, and for the purposes aforesaid to enter on any premises used for the purposes of that business.
