Article 40
Every person who, if the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 had not been passed, might have been admitted a freeman of a borough to which this article applies otherwise than by gift or purchase and
every inhabitant immediately before 1st April 1965 of such borough; or
the wife, widow, son or daughter of a freeman of such borough; or
the husband of a daughter or of a widow of a freeman of such borough; or
any person who for the time being is bound apprentice to a freeman of such borough,
shall, subject to the provisions of Part XIV of the Local Government Act 1933, have and enjoy and be entitled to acquire and enjoy the same share and benefit of the hereditaments, and of the rents and profits thereof, and of the common lands and public stock held by the borough or body corporate immediately before 1st April 1965, and of any property held in whole or in part for any charitable use or trust, as if the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, the Municipal Corporations Act 1882, the Local Government Act 1933 and the Act had not been passed.
This article applies to the existing boroughs of Acton, Barking, Barnes, Beckenham, Beddington and Wallington, Bexley, Brentford and Chiswick, Bromley, Chingford, Croydon, Dagenham, Ealing, East Ham, Edmonton, Enfield, Erith, Finchley, Harrow, Hendon, Heston and Isleworth, Hornsey, Ilford, Kingston-upon-Thames, Leyton, Malden and Coombe, Mitcham, Richmond, Romford, Southall, Southgate, Surbiton, Sutton and Cheam, Tottenham, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Walthamstow, Wanstead and Woodford, Wembley, West Ham, Willesden, Wimbledon and Wood Green.