ALIENS ORDINANCE
Title
ALIENS ORDINANCE
Description
Ordinance No. 2 of 1853.
Aliens.
No. 2 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right
of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony
of Hongkong.
[17th November, 1853.]
WHEREXS doubts have arisen reaardinb the right of aliens to hold Preamble.
and transfer property within the Colony of Hongkonb : Be it
therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Honbkona, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in pur su- .
ance of the Act made and passed at a session holden in the tenth~and
eleventh years * of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled ' An Act for the
[Cap. 8s.l
' Naturalization of Aliens,' and of the power inherent in the said
Governor
and Council :-
1. That it shall be lawful for any alien, and he or she is hereby
declared entitled, by grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or bequest, or
otherwise, to take, acquire, hold and possess, any lands or other immov-
able property situated in this Island ; 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 lie or she were a natural
.born
subject of Her Majesty residing in this Island.
2. And that every such grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or Acts
hereto.
fore done .by
bequest, sale, transfer, or other act heretofore made or done by or with
aliens to be
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.
279
Title.
Preamble.
[Cap. 83.]
Aliens entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
And to sell, transfer, assign, or bequeath the same.
Acts heretofore done by aliens to be valid.
Aliens.
No. 2 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right
of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony
of Hongkong.
[17th November, 1853.]
WHEREXS doubts have arisen reaardinb the right of aliens to hold Preamble.
and transfer property within the Colony of Hongkonb : Be it
therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Honbkona, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in pur su- .
ance of the Act made and passed at a session holden in the tenth~and
eleventh years * of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled ' An Act for the
[Cap. 8s.l
' Naturalization of Aliens,' and of the power inherent in the said
Governor
and Council :-
1. That it shall be lawful for any alien, and he or she is hereby
declared entitled, by grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or bequest, or
otherwise, to take, acquire, hold and possess, any lands or other immov-
able property situated in this Island ; 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 lie or she were a natural
.born
subject of Her Majesty residing in this Island.
2. And that every such grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or Acts
hereto.
fore done .by
bequest, sale, transfer, or other act heretofore made or done by or with
aliens to be
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.
279
Title.
Preamble.
[Cap. 83.]
Aliens entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
And to sell, transfer, assign, or bequeath the same.
Acts heretofore done by aliens to be valid.
Abstract
279
Title.
Preamble.
[Cap. 83.]
Aliens entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
And to sell, transfer, assign, or bequeath the same.
Acts heretofore done by aliens to be valid.
Title.
Preamble.
[Cap. 83.]
Aliens entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
And to sell, transfer, assign, or bequeath the same.
Acts heretofore done by aliens to be valid.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/77
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 2 of 1853
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“ALIENS ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed November 18, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/77.
