General and Supplementary Provisions

17 Short title, commencement and repeal.

1

This Act may be cited as the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939.

2

This Act shall, if His Majesty by Order in Council so directs, be deemed to have come into operation on such day as may be specified in the Order:

Provided that a person shall not, by virtue of an Order in Council under this subsection, be liable to any penalty in respect of anything done by him before the date of the passing of this Act which was not unlawful at common law.

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. . . F1 (without prejudice to the operation of F2section 16 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 the repeal of the said enactments by this subsection shall not affect the operation of any Order in Council or rules made under section five of the Trading with the M2Enemy Amendment Act 1914, and shall not be taken to affect the operation of those eneactments as applied or amended by any Order in Council made under the M3Treaty of Peace Act 1919, the M4Treaty of Peace (Austria and Bulgaria) Act 1920, the M5Treaty of Peace (Hungary) Act 1921, or the M6Treaty of Peace (Turkey) Act 1924.