Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TREATY OF PEACE REGULATIONS

- made under the Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART I--GENERAL

   1.      Citation [see Note 1]  
   1A.     Parts  
   2.      Interpretation  
   2A.     Non-application of regulations 20, 20A, 21 and 22 to Papua and New Guinea  
   3.      Operations of Sections III to VII of Part X of the Treaty  
   4.      Establishment of Clearing Office  
   4A.     Delegation by Minister  
   5.      Delegation by Controller  
   6.      Appointment of officers  
   7.      Enemy debts to be paid through Clearing Office only  
   8.      Proceedings not to be taken in courts  
   9.      Power of Clearing Office to enforce payment of debts  
   10.     Recovery of fines for wrongful claim of, or refusal to admit, a debt  
   11.     Power of Controller to take proceedings  
   12.     Commission  
   13.     Notice of debts due  
   14.     Failure by creditors to give notice of debts due  
   15.     False notice or admission of debt  
   15A.    Inspection of documents  
   15B.    Incriminating answer or production of documents  
   16.     Application of Regulations to nationals of Allied or Associated Powers  
   17.     Admission as evidence of documents issued by the Clearing Office  
   18.     Decisions of Mixed Arbitral Tribunal  
   19.     Power to summon witnesses and require production of documents  
   20.     Property of German nationals — how charged  
   20A.    Maintenance of certain dependants  
   20B.    Revocation of vesting orders by Minister  
   20C.    Commission to be charged by Public Trustee  
   20D.    Registration of Public Trustee as registered proprietor of land  
   21.     Transfer etc by German national prohibited  
   21A.    Evidence of nationality of person dying on or after date of commencement of Treaty  
   22.     Power of Public Trustee to deal with money paid to him  
   23.     Recommencement of period of prescription  
   24.     Confirmation of Rules affecting closing of contracts  
   25.     Power to defer payment  
   26.     Application of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Act to German nationals  
   27.     Duly qualified Tribunal under Article 310 of Treaty  
   28.     Audit of accounts  
   29.     Prosecution of offences  
   30.     Punishment of offences  

   PART II--PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA

   31.     Interpretation  
   32.     Appointment of Custodian of Expropriated Property in Papua and New Guinea  
   32A.    Incorporation of Custodian  
   33.     Delegation by Custodian  
   34.     Vesting of property  
   35.     Pending proceedings  
   36.     Property in Papua and New Guinea of German nationals — how charged  
   36AA.   Sale of shares in commercial partnership to person in whom other shares have vested  
   36AB.   Sale of shares held by Custodian in commercial partnership to shareholder not a German national  
   36A.    Revested property rights subject to conditions  
   36AC.   Transfer of expropriated land required for public purposes  
   37.     Transfer etc by German national prohibited  
   38.     Power of Custodian to deal with money paid to him  
   39.     Audit of accounts  
   40.     Prosecution of offences  
   41.     Punishment of offences  
   42.     Duties of Special Magistrate or Commissioner  
   43.     Powers of Special Magistrate or Commissioner  
   44.     Custodian may sell property  
   45.     Intention to sell to be notified  
   46.     Persons eligible to purchase property  
   46A.    Limitation of amount of purchase by any one purchaser  
   47.     Sale by tender  
   48.     Particulars included in tender  
   48A.    Evidence of qualification of tenderer  
   49.     Property to be purchased with all faults  
   50.     Terms of sale  
   50A.    Terms of sale of leaseholds etc  
   50B.    Tenderer to purchase plantation stores etc  
   50C.    Power of Custodian to grant or reserve right-of-way  
   50D.    Right to possession and power of sale  
   50E.    Expenses to be borne by purchaser  
   51.     Description of property to be taken as correct  
   51A.    Reduction of purchase money in case of error as to area etc  
   51AA.   Reduction of purchase money where number of trees wrongly stated  
   51B.    Reduction of purchase money in respect of encumbrances or exclusion of land from transfer  
   51C.    Manner of reduction of purchase money  
   52.     Title  
   53.     Title to be the best title vested in Custodian  
   54.     Covenant for maintenance and repair  
   55.     Insurance of buildings etc  
   56.     Power to enter on purchased land  
   56A.    Meaning of duly authorized agent of Custodian in regulations 54 and 56  
   57.     Rights of Custodian where conditions of sale not observed  
   58.     Action on instalments being overdue  
   58A.    Sale of plantation etc which reverts to Custodian  
   58AA.   Payments of instalments and interest in respect of sale of reverted property  
   59.     Rights of Custodian where articles of association not observed  
   60.     Power of Custodian to summon witnesses etc  
   61.     Tenders to be made in good faith  
   61A.    Cancellation of contracts of sale not made in good faith  
   62.     Commission to be charged by Custodian  
           SECOND SCHEDULE Notice of debt due by a German national
           THIRD SCHEDULE Table for calculation of amount of quarterly instalments and interest