F1Status of Aliens Act 1914
1914 CHAPTER 17 4 and 5 Geo 5
X1An Act to consolidate and amend the Enactments relating to British Nationality and the Status of Aliens.F2
[7th August 1914]
Editorial Information
X1The 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)
Textual Amendments
F1Words "British Nationality and" in Short Title repealed (with saving) by virtue of British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt.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
F2Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
Part IU.K.
F31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
F3Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
Part IIU.K.
F42.—9.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
Part IIIU.K. General
F510.—16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
Status of AliensU.K.
17 Capacity of alien as to property.U.K.
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 F6. . . 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 F6. . . 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.
Textual Amendments
F6Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
18 Trial of alien.U.K.
An alien shall be triable in the same manner as if he were a F7. . . British subject.
Textual Amendments
F7Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
F819.—24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
F8Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
SupplementalU.K.
F925. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
F9Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
F1026. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.
Textual Amendments
27 Definitions.U.K.
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
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The expression “alien” means a person who is not a British subject:
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F12(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F11Definitions repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
F12Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
28X2†Repeal, short title, and commencement.U.K.
F13(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)This Act may be cited as the F14. . . Status of Aliens Act, 1914.
F13(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Editorial Information
X2Unreliable marginal note.
Textual Amendments
F13S. 28(1)(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
F14Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II
F15SCHEDULES 1—3U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Textual Amendments
F15Schs. 1-3 repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II