ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1853
Title
ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1853
Description
ORDINANCE NO. 1 OF 1853.
Aliens (Rights of Property)
AN ORDINANCE for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right
of Aliens to hold and transfer Property within this Cololny.
[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 Hongkong with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof in pursuance of the Act of Parliament
10 & 11 Victoria Chapter 83, entitled 'An Act for the Naturalization of
Aliens.' and of the power inherent in the said Governor and Council as
follows:
1. This Ordinance may be eited as the Aliens (Rights of Property)
Ordinance, 1853.
2. It shall be lawful for any alien,and he or she is hereby declared
entitled by grant conveyance, lease, assignment, or bequest, or other
wise to take acquire, hold, and possess any lands or other immovable
property situated in this lsland, 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 or she were a
natural-born subject of her Majesty residing in this Island.
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. A.D. 1853. Ordinance No. 2 of 1853. Short title. Right of alien to acquire, hold, and dispose of immovable property like natural-born subject. Validation of acts done by aliens in relation to immovable property.
Aliens (Rights of Property)
AN ORDINANCE for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right
of Aliens to hold and transfer Property within this Cololny.
[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 Hongkong with the advice
of the Legislative Council thereof in pursuance of the Act of Parliament
10 & 11 Victoria Chapter 83, entitled 'An Act for the Naturalization of
Aliens.' and of the power inherent in the said Governor and Council as
follows:
1. This Ordinance may be eited as the Aliens (Rights of Property)
Ordinance, 1853.
2. It shall be lawful for any alien,and he or she is hereby declared
entitled by grant conveyance, lease, assignment, or bequest, or other
wise to take acquire, hold, and possess any lands or other immovable
property situated in this lsland, 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 or she were a
natural-born subject of her Majesty residing in this Island.
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. A.D. 1853. Ordinance No. 2 of 1853. Short title. Right of alien to acquire, hold, and dispose of immovable property like natural-born subject. Validation of acts done by aliens in relation to immovable property.
Abstract
A.D. 1853. Ordinance No. 2 of 1853. Short title. Right of alien to acquire, hold, and dispose of immovable property like natural-born subject. Validation of acts done by aliens in relation to immovable property.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/550
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
185
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1853
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1853,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed January 19, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/550.
