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inspection. § 5.—Manufacturers of war material shall place their account books
and other relevant documents, in so far as they refer to the manufacture of
war material, at the disposal of the supervisory authority.
Such manufacturers must also, for the purpose of supervision, permit
officials belonging to the supervisory authority, on such officials’ demand,
to enter the factory in which war material is manufactured, and must give
the supervisory authority any information which it may require regarding
orders in hand, goods manufactured and any circumstances connected there¬
with, and must also in other respects comply with the provisions laid down
by the King or by the supervisory authority for the purpose of ensuring
that the duty as to declaration has been properly fulfilled and that the
provisions and conditions laid down have been observed in all other respects.
Persons who, in virtue of their official duties, acquire knowledge of the
book-keeping or documents or obtain the information mentioned in the
first or second paragraph, may not disclose particulars of business matters
of which they have thus obtained knowledge except in so far as is required
by the exercise of their duties.
Costs. § 6.—In order to cover the costs of the organisation and work of the
supervisory authority, manufacturers of war material shall pay an annual
contribution in accordance with provisions to be laid down by the King.
Such contribution shall amount to a certain proportion—which shall be the
same for all manufacturers—of the invoiced value of the war material sold.
Agents. § —The King may decree that no person may, without Royal autho¬
risation, conduct business in the country as agent for manufacturers of Avar
material.
If such decrees have been issued, the King, on granting authorisation,
shall state Avhat stipulations and conditions may be deemed necessary for
the purpose of making use of the authorisation.
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Royal Proclamation of June 5th, 1936 (Svensk Forfattningssamling 1936, No. 250).
Definition.
Autho¬
risation
to act as
agent.
§ 1.—War material” for the purposes of the present Proclamation shall
be deemed to be the kinds mentioned in § 1 of the Proclamation of June 20th,
1935 (No. 396) containing certain pro\dsions in connection \\dth the Decree
of June 20th, 1935 (No. 395), regarding supervision of the manufacture of
war material, etc.1
§ 2.—Without authorisation from the King, no person in the country
may engage in business as a commercial agent with a view to selling or
offering for sale, or supplying in any other manner to any person within
See below under “ 4. Definitions ”.