§ 141 After Clause 61, insert the following new clause:
§ ("Extension of power to require information to be provided under section 173 of the 1948 Act
§ "In section 173(1) of the 1948 Act (certain persons required to give information about intenvts in shares to 1031 the Secretary of State) for the words from "(a) to be" "expected to obtain" there shall be substituted the words "to have or to be able to obtain any information" and at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted the following words, "to give any such information to the Secretary of State".
§ Lord TrefgarneMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 141. This amendment proposes a new clause to widen the powers of the Secretary of State to investigate the ownership of shares or debentures under Section 173 of the 1948 Act. It will enable the department to make enquiries of any person whom it has reasonable cause to believe to have, or to be able to obtain, information about interests in shares or debentures and will require such a person to provide that information.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(Lord Trefgarne.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.