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Exchange Control Act 1953 s 34

s 34 Blocked accounts

34.—(1) Where —(a) under any provision contained in Part 3 the permission of the Authority is required for the making of a payment or the placing of any sum to the credit of any person resident outside the scheduled territories; or (b) any payment falls to be made by an authorised dealer on the sale of any gold or specified currency by any foreign company within the meaning of section 32(1), being a sale made to comply with any requirement notified under that section, the Authority may direct that the sum payable or to be credited shall be paid or credited to a blocked account only. (2) Where a direction is given under subsection (1), the provisions of the Third Schedule shall have effect in relation to the payment or crediting of the sum.

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