and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1.The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks (Temporary Rules) Act, 1914,"* shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, subject to the following amendments, that is to say :

(4.) In section 1, for the words "any patent or licence granted to, and the registration of any trade-mark the proprietor whereof is, a subject of any State at war with His Majesty, and any proceedings on any application made by any such person under either of the said Acts,” there shall be substituted the following words: "any patent or licence the person entitled to the benefit of which is the subject of any State at war with His Majesty for avoiding or suspending the registration, and all or any rights conferred by the registration, of any design or trademark the proprietor whereof is a subject as aforesaid; for avoiding or suspending any application made by any such person under either of the said Acts; for enabling the Board to grant, in favour of persons other than such persons as aforesaid, on such terms and conditions, and either for the whole term of the patent or registration or for such less period, as the Board may think fit, licences to make, use, exercise, or vend patented inventions and registered designs so liable to avoidance or suspension as aforesaid."

(b.) At the end of the same section the following subsection shall be added:

(4.) This Act shall apply to any person resident and carrying on business in the territory of a State at war with His Majesty as if he was a subject of that State; and the expression subject of any State at war with His Majesty' shall, with reference to a company, include any company the business whereof is managed or controlled by such subjects, or is carried on wholly or mainly for the benefit or on behalf of such subjects, notwithstanding that the company may be registered within His Majesty's dominions; and, where a patent has been granted to any person in respect of an invention declared in the application or any specification to have been communicated to him by some other person, that other person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the person entitled to the benefit of the patent unless the contrary is proved."

2. This Act may be cited as "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Temporary Rules (Amendment) Act, 1914"; and "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks (Temporary Rules) Act, 1914," and this Act may be cited as "The Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks (Temporary Rules) Acts, 1914."

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ACT of the British Parliament to provide for Raising Money for the present War.

[4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 60.]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

[August 28, 1914.]

WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies granted to your Majesty in this session of Parliament, have resolved that money be raised in manner provided by this Act; and do therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and 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 money required for raising the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the 31st day of March, 1915, may be raised in such manner as the Treasury think fit, and for that purpose they may create and issue any securities by means of which any public loan has been raised or may be raised, or such other securities, bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption, or otherwise as they think fit.

(2.) The principal and interest of any sums so raised (including any annuities created for the purpose), and any sums required for defraying any expenses incurred in connection with the raising of those sums, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or the growing produce thereof.

(3.) The powers given to the Treasury under this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers of the Treasury for the time being to borrow.

2. This Act may be cited as "The War Loan Act, 1914."

ACT of the British Parliament to provide for the Exercise of Prize Jurisdiction by certain British Courts in Egypt, Zanzibar, and Cyprus, in respect of the present War.

[4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 79.]

[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. If His Majesty is pleased to confer jurisdiction in matters of prize on any of the following Courts, that is to say:

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

(.) 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 Lills 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 500Z., 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,