Trading with the Enemy Act 1939

Trading with the Enemy Act 1939

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to impose penalties for trading with the enemy, to make provision as respects the property of enemies and enemy subjects, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 89
Dates
Royal assent	5 September 1939
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 89) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes it a criminal offence to conduct trade with the enemy in wartime, with a penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment. The bill passed rapidly through Parliament in just two days, from 3 to 5 September 1939, and the Act was passed on 5 September 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War. It is still in force.

See also

• Trading with the Enemy Act
• Trading with the Enemy Act 1914
• Daimler Co Ltd v Continental Tyre and Rubber Co (Great Britain) Ltd

External links

• The full text of Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 at Wikisource

Hansard

• House of Lords 1st and 2nd readings 3 September 1939
• House of Commons 1st reading 3 September 1939
• House of Commons 2nd reading 4 September 1939
• House of Commons committee stage and 3rd reading 5 September 1939
• House of Lords 3rd reading 5 September 1939
• Royal assent reported in House of Lords 5 September 1939
• Royal assent reported in House of Commons 5 September 1939