ALIENS (RIGHTS OF PROPERTY).
No. 1 of 1853.
23.
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof in pursuance of the Act of Parliament 10 and 11 Victoria, chapter 83, and intituled "An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens", 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 immovable lands or other immovable property situated in this Colony and property like 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.
No. 1 of 1856.
An Ordinance relating to wills made by Chinese people.
[5th March, 1856].
WHEREAS the laws relating to wills and testamentary writings prescribe certain formalities touching the signing, acknowledging, and attesting thereof, and for avoiding all wills and testamentary writings signed, acknowledged, or attested in any other manner; AND WHEREAS the provisions of the said laws in that behalf, if enforced, will tend to the avoidance of all wills and testamentary writings made in the Chinese manner:
10 and 11 Vict. c. 83 rep. 33 and 34 Vict. c. 14, s. 18 : see No. 31 of 1911, s. 15.
[Originally No. 4 of 1856.
Law Rev. Ord., 1937.]