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Status of Aliens Act 1914

4 & 5 Geo. 5 c. 17 · Enacted 7 August 1914 · Extends to United Kingdom

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X1An Act to consolidate and amend the Enactments relating to British Nationality and the Status of Aliens.F2

[7th August 1914]

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Words "British Nationality and" in Short Title repealed (with saving) by virtue of British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

F2

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Editorial notes

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The originating text of this Act as it appears in the “(Original) As enacted” version is derived from the King’s Printer’s Reprint as amended up to 17.11.1933 which was printed in accordance with 1933 c. 49, s. 2(2) which applied 1922 c. 44, s. 3(3)

Contents

  1. Part I
  2. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. Part II
  4. 2.—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  5. Part III: General
  6. 10.—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. Status of Aliens
  8. 17Capacity of alien as to property.
  9. 18Trial of alien.
  10. 19.—24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. Supplemental
  12. 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  14. 27Definitions.
  15. 28†Repeal, short title, and commencement.
  16. Schedule S 1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

2.—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

10.—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

17Capacity of alien as to property.

Real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a F1. . . British subject; and a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from or in succession to an alien in the same manner in all respects as through, from or in succession to a . . . British subject:

Provided that this section shall not operate so as to—

(1)

confer any right on an alien to hold real property situate out of the United Kingdom; or

(2)

qualify an alien for any office or for any municipal, parliamentary, or other franchise; or

(3)

qualify an alien to be the owner of a British ship; or

(4)

entitle an alien to any right or privilege as a British subject, except such rights and privileges in respect of property as are hereby expressly given to him; or

(5)

affect any estate or interest in real or personal property to which any person has or may become entitled, either mediately or immediately, in possession or expectancy, in pursuance of any disposition made before the twelfth day of May eighteen hundred and seventy, or in pursuance of any devolution by law on the death of any person dying before that day.

18Trial of alien.

An alien shall be triable in the same manner as if he were a F1. . . British subject.

19.—24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

27Definitions.

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  • F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • The expression “alien” means a person who is not a British subject:

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F2(2)

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28†Repeal, short title, and commencement.X1

F1(1)

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(2)

This Act may be cited as the F2. . . Status of Aliens Act, 1914.

(3)

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Schedule S 1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

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