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Note 2 .—In respect of import and export commodities the category of
commodity which is to be controlled will be announced in advance.
Note 3.—In respect of any category of food-stuffs to which it may be
necessary to apply this law a protocol to that effect will be submitted by the
Ministry of Food to the Council of Ministers for approval, and on approval
of the proposal the category in question will be placed under the control of
the Director-General of the Finances.
A /t. 2.—In order to carry out the duties described in article 1 above, the-
Director-General of the Finances is authorised to make use of all the powers
conferred on the Government by the laws of the 14th June and the 22nd October.
1942, the anti-hoarding law of the 18th March, 1942, and the foreign trade
monopoly laws of the 25th February, 1941, and the 10 th July, 1932.
Art. 3.—In application of the said powers the Director-General of the
Finances can issue ration cards, set up shops for the sale of goods, or take any
other step which he considers useful and necessary to provide the means of
bringing down and stabilising the price of goods and of distributing them fairly.
A rt. 4.—A credit of 5 million rials is granted to the Ministry of Finance for
the expenses of the execution of this law in 1943. Authority is also given to the
Ministry of Finance to borrow, in case of necessity, up to 100 million rials from
the National Bank of Iran to provide capital for the purchase of goods, and to use
the loan as a revolving credit.
A?*t. 5.—The Director-General of the Finances is authorised to choose nine
citizens of the United States as his assistants in the Ministry of Finance and
especially for the execution of this law. and to submit proposals concerning their
terms of engagement for the approval of the Majlis through the Minister of
Finance.
Art. 6 .—The Director-General of the Finances will draw up and put into
force regulations which may be considered necessary for the application of
this law.
Art. 7. —Government officials, whether civil or military, or employed by the
police, municipalities, or Government institutions, may on no account for their
own profit take part commercially in the purchase, sale or brokerage of goods
which are under Government control; nor may they trade in or acquire for profit
more than their personal needs of food-stuffs; those who infringe this rule will be
dismissed from the service and will be punished according to the provisions of
the law.
g— r phis law will remain in force until six months after the end of the
present war unless the Majlis annuls it before that date.
Tehran, l()th May, 1943.
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