Status of Aliens Act 1914

Part IIIU.K. General

F110.—16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

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 F2. . . 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 F2. . . British subject:

(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.

18 Trial of alien.U.K.

An alien shall be triable in the same manner as if he were a F3. . . British subject.

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SupplementalU.K.

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27 Definitions.U.K.

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

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

• F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

F9(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)This Act may be cited as the F10. . . Status of Aliens Act, 1914.

F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .