Trading with the Enemy Act 1939

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 today.

See also

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

References

External links

• Official text of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database
• Official text of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 as originally enacted within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

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