ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1853.
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Aliens.
Chinese Tepos.
No. 2 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right Title of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony of Hongkong.
[17th November, 1853.]
WHEREAS doubts have arisen regarding the right of aliens to hold and transfer property within the Colony of Hongkong: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in pursuance 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. 83.] "Naturalization of Aliens," and of the power inherent in the said Governor and Council :-
Preamble.
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 immovable 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 he or she were a natural born subject of Her Majesty residing in this Island.
Aliens entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
2. And that every such grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or 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.
And to sell, transfer, bequeath the same.
Acts heretofore done by aliens to be valid.
No. 3 of 1853.
An Ordinance to extend the duties of Chinese Tepos appointed under Ordinance No. 13 of 1844; to determine their emoluments; and to provide for the amicable settlement of civil suits among the Chinese Population of Hongkong.
[2nd December, 1853.]
WHEREAS disputes occasionally arise among the Chinese population of this Colony which might be more conveniently and amicably settled by the tepo, aided by the respectable Chinese inhabitants, than before an English tribunal; and whereas with a view to make the tepos of the several districts of the Colony more ...
Title.
Preamble.
ORDINANCES Nos. 2 AND 3 OF 1853.
279
Aliens.
Chinese Tepos.
No. 2 of 1853.
An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right Title. of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony
of Hongkong.
[17th November, 1853.]
WHEREAS doubts have arisen regarding the right of aliens to hold
Preamble.
and transfer property within the Colony of Hongkong: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in pursu- 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. 83.] "Naturalization of Aliens," and of the power inherent in the said Governor and Council :-
entitled to acquire and hold lands in the Colony.
1. That it shall be lawful for any alien, and he or she is hereby Aliens 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, assign, or remedies, exemptions, and privileges, as if he or she were a natural born subject of Her Majesty residing in this Island.
2. And that every such grant, conveyance, lease, assignment, or 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.
And to sell, transfer,
bequeath the
same.
Acts hereto. fore done by aliens to be valid.
No. 3 of 1853.
An Ordinance to extend the duties of Chinese Tepos appointed under Ordinance No. 13 of 1844; to determine their emoluments; and to provide for the amicable settlement of civil suits among the Chinese Population of Hongkong.
W
[2nd December, 1853.]
HEREAS disputes occasionally arise among the Chinese population of this Co- lony which might be more conveniently and amicably settled by the tepo, aided by the respectable Chinese inhabitants, than before an English tribunal; and whereas with a view to make the tepos of the several districts of the Colony more
Title.
Preamble.
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