Section 1452 Of Article 1. General From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 13. >> Article 1.
1452
. A bank need not recognize or give any effect to (1) any claim
to a deposit of cash or securities standing on its books to the
credit of, or held by it for the account of, any corporation, firm or
association in occupied territory or (2) any advice, statute, rule
or regulation purporting to cancel or to give notice of the
cancellation of the authority of any person at the time appearing on
the books of such bank as authorized to withdraw or otherwise dispose
of cash or securities of such corporation, firm or association,
unless such bank is required so to do by appropriate process procured
against it in a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States
in a cause therein instituted by or in the name of such corporation,
firm or association, or unless the person making such claim or
giving such advice or invoking such statute, rule or regulation, as
the case may be, shall execute to such bank, in form and with
sureties acceptable to it, a bond indemnifying it from any and all
liability, loss, damage, costs and expenses for and on account of
recognizing or giving any effect to such claim, advice, statute, rule
or regulation.
For the purposes of this section (1) the term "occupied territory"
shall mean territory occupied by a dominant authority asserting
governmental, military or police powers of any kind in such
territory, but not recognized by the United States as the de jure
government of such territory, and (2) the term "corporation, firm or
association in occupied territory" shall mean a corporation, firm or
association which has, or at any time has had, a place of business in
territory which has at any time been occupied territory.
The provisions of this section shall be effective only in cases
where (1) such claim or advice purports or appears to have been sent
from or is reasonably believed to have been sent pursuant to orders
originating in, such occupied territory during the period of
occupation, or (2) such statute, rule or regulation appears to have
emanated from such dominant authority and purports to be or to have
been in force in such occupied territory during the period of
occupation.
This section applies to claims, advices, statutes, rules or
regulations given or invoked either before or after the effective
date of this section.