Parliament of the United Kingdom

“ Where a claim in respect of a negotiable instrument or chose in action is made against any person who has reasonable cause to believe that, if he satisfied the claim, he would be thereby committing an offence of trading with the enemy, that person may pay into the High Court or Court of Session any sum which, but for the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, would be due in respect of the claim, and thereupon that sum shall; subject to rules of court, be dealt with according to any order of the court, and the payment shall for all purposes be a good discharge to that person. ”

“ If any person, without reasonable cause, fails to produce for inspection, or furnish, to an inspector or a supervisor any document or information which he is duly requested by the inspector or supervisor so to produce or furnish, that person shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. ”

“ 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. ”