ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1853

ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1853

No. 1 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the removal of doubts regarding the right of
aliens to hold and transfer Property within this Colony.
[17th November, 1853.]

WHEREAS doubts have arisen regarding the right of aliens to
hold and transfer property within this Colony :-

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong with
the advice of the Legislative Council thdreof-in pursuance
of the Act of Parliament 10 and 11 Victoria, chapter 83,
intituled 'An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens', and,
the power inherent in the said Governor and Council, as
follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Aliens (Rights of
Property) Ordinance, 1853.

2. It shall be lawful for any alien, and he is hereby
declared entitled, by grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or
bequest or otherwise, to take, acquire, hold, and possess any
lands or other immovable property situated in this Colony and
the said lands or other property as aforesaid to sell, transfer,
assign, or bequeath to any other person as fully and effectually
to all intents and purposes, and with the same rights, remedies,
exemptions, and privileges, as if he were a natural-born subject
of His Majesty residing in this Colony.

3. Every such grant, conveyance, lease, assignment,
bequest, sale, transfer, or other act heretofore made or done by
or with any such alien shall be deemed in law as valid and
effectual as if it had been made or done by or with any natural-
born British subject.
[originally No. 2 of 1853.] Short title. Right of alien to acquire immovable property like natural-born subject. Validation of acts done by aliens.

[originally No. 2 of 1853.] Short title. Right of alien to acquire immovable property like natural-born subject. Validation of acts done by aliens.

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