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by him under this Act, which register shall be open to public 
inspection at all reasonable times free of charge. 
(5) In England and Ireland the Lord Chancellor and the 
Lord Chancellor for Ireland may by rules, and in Scotland 
the Court of Session may by act of sederunt, make provision 
for the practice and procedure to be adopted for the purposes 
of this and the last preceding section. 
Invalidity of Assignment of Debts, &c., by Enemies. 
6.—(1) No person shall by virtue of any assignment of any 
debt or other chose in action, or delivery of any coupon or 
other security transferable by delivery, or transfer of any other 
obligation, made or to be made in his favour by or on behalf 
of an enemy, whether for valuable consideration or otherwise, 
have any rights or remedies against the person liable to pay, 
discharge or satisfy the debt, chose in action, security or 
obligation, unless he proves that the assignment, delivery, or 
t ransfer was made by leave of the Board of Trade or was made 
before the commencement of the present war, and any person 
who knowingly pays, discharges or satisfies any debt, or chose 
in action, to which this subsection applies, shall be deemed 
to be guilty of the offence of trading with the enemy within 
the meaning of the principal Act: 
Provided that this subsection shall not apply where the 
person to whom the assignment, delivery or transfer was made, 
or some person deriving title under him, proves that the 
transfer, delivery or assignment or some subsequent transfer, 
delivery or assignment, was made before the nineteenth day 
of November, nineteen hundred and fourteen, in good faith 
and for valuable consideration nor shall this subsection apply 
to any bill of exchange or promissory note. 
(2) No person shall by virtue of any transfer of a bill of 
exchange or promissory note made or to be made in his favour 
by or on behalf of an enemy, whether for valuable considera 
tion or otherwise, have any rights or remedies against any 
party to the instrument unless he proves that the transfer 
was made before the commencement of the present war, and 
any party to the instrument who knowingly discharges the 
instrument shall be deemed to be guilty of trading with the 
©netny within the meaning of the principal Act: 
Provided that this subsection shall not apply where the 
transferee, or some subsequent holder of the instrument, 
proves that the transfer, or some subsequent transfer, of the 
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