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Enrolment of a deed poll in the High Court evidencing change of name is only permitted to a British subject

Supreme Court, England

(13)

Change of Name

The Enrolment of Deeds (Change of Name)

Regulations 1949

Foreign Marriages Act 1892-1947

(14)

Matrimonial Causes Act, 1973 Section 45

(15)

Income Tax Act 1952

Section 227

Merchant Shipping Act 1894 Section 1, 28 and 71

part 1 of the 4th Schedule of

British Nationality Act, 1948

Air Navigation Order 1949

(S. 1 No 349) Article 4(2) Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919

Marriages Abroad If a marriage is solemnised abroad between British subjects or between a British subject and an alien it may be celebrated in the manner laid down in the Foreign Marriages Acts 1892-1947

Legitimacy Declarations

A British subject (or any person whose right to be deemed a British subject depends entirely or in part on his legitimacy or the validity of a marriage) being domiciled in England and Wales or Northern Ireland or claiming any real or personal estate situate in England or Wales may apply to the Court by petition for a declaration that he is the legitimate child of his parents and that the marriage of his father and mother or of his grandfather or grandmother was valid, or that his own marriage was valid.

Such person may also apply for a decree declaring of his right to be deemed a British subject.

(16) Guardianship of Infants

An infant British subject who is not domiciled or resident in the United Kingdom may have a guardian appointed by English Courts

(17)

Income Tax

Relief may be given to non-resident British subjects to which non-

resident aliens are not entitled in the absence of double taxation agreements

(18) Ships and Aircraft

(19)

An alien may not own or hold a share in a British ship or United Kingdom registered aircraft

Family Allowance Act, 1945 Regulations

(20)

Industrial Disputes

Subject to the law of conspiracy, a British subject may generally act according to the rules of his trade union but an alien is liable to imprisonment for promoting or attempting to promote industrial unrest in any industry which he has not been bona fide engaged in the United Kingdom during the preceding two years.

Receipt of family allowances. British subjects have to fulfill less onerous residential requirements than do aliens in order to qualify for allowances