Status of Aliens Act 1914 (c. 17)

Part I U.K.

F1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

Part II U.K.

F2 2.—9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

Part III U.K. General

F3 10.—16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt.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 Aliens U.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 F4 . . . 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 F4 . . . 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

F4 Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt.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 F5 . . . British subject.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

F6 19.—24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

Supplemental U.K.

F7 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

F8 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Ss. 1–16, 19–26, 27 (2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

27 Definitions. U.K.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

• F9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

• F9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9 Definitions repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

F10 Ss. 1-16, 19-26, 27(2) repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II

28 X1 †Repeal, short title, and commencement. U.K.

F11 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) This Act may be cited as the F12 . . . Status of Aliens Act, 1914.

F11 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Editorial Information

X1 Unreliable marginal note.

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 28(1)(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

F12 Words repealed (with saving) by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 Pt. II