TRADING WITH THE ENEMY

Southland Times, Issue 17533, 9 June 1915, Page 2

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY

POWERS OP’ THE CUSTOMS. NEW REGULATIONS' GAZETTED. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON', .Tune 8. A Gazette Extraordinary contains additional regulations under the War Regulations Act. When any goods are imported into New Zealand, directly or indirectly, from any other country other than the United Kingdom or British possessions and the Collector of Customs has reason to believe that the goods are of a kind, description or quality not customarily exported from that country to New Zealand prior to the commencement of the war, or if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the goods are of enemy make, origin or ownership, or that the Importation thereof is contrary to the law as to trading with the enemy, he may detain tile goods and they shall not he delivered from the control of the Customs until the Collector is satisfied that they are not of enemy' manufacture, origin or ownership, or that they have not been imported in violation of the laws as to trading with the enemy. On any goods being so detained notice shall be given by the Collector of Customs to the importer. After receipt of such notice it shall not he lawful, so long as the detention continues, for the importer to pay or remit to any person money in respect of the purchase or consignment of those goods. When goods have been so detained, and notice lias been so given, the Comptroller of Customs may, if he thinks fit, deliver same from the control of the Customs on receiving from the importer the deposit of a sum equal to a fair market value of those goods, as estimated by .the Comptroller, and the sum so deposited shall be returned as soon as the Comptroller is satisfied that the goods are not of enemy manufacture, origin or ownership, nr so soon a,s the present war comes to an end, whichever first happens.