| Short Title: | Trading with the Enemy Act 1939[1] |
| Type: | Act |
| 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. |
| Year: | 1939 |
| Citation: | 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 89 |
| Royal Assent: | 5 September 1939 |
| Status: | amended |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/89/contents/enacted |
| Use New Uk-Leg: | yes |
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.