Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919

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Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to continue and extend the provisions of the .
Citation	9 & 10 Geo 5 c 92
Dates
Royal assent	23 December 1919
Commencement	23 December 1919
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo 5 c 92) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom originally aimed at continuing and extending the provisions of the and the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 and to deal with former enemy aliens after the end of the First World War.

After subsequent amendment and repeal, what remains comprises section 3 on sedition and promoting industrial unrest, section 6 on the civil service, section 8 on juries, section 13 on offences and penalties, and section 16 giving the short title.

Section 1 - Continuance of emergency powers[]

This section was repealed by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Immigration Act 1971.

Section 2 - Extension of powers[]

Section 2(1) was repealed by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Immigration Act 1971.

Section 2(2) was repealed by Part V of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.

Section 3 - Incitement to sedition, etc[]

1. If any alien attempts or does any act calculated or likely to cause sedition or disaffection amongst any of His Majesty’s Forces or the forces of His Majesty’s allies, or amongst the civilian population, he shall be liable on conviction on indictment to penal servitude for a term not exceeding ten years, or on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
2. If any alien promotes or attempts to promote industrial unrest in any industry in which he has not been bona fide engaged for at least two years immediately preceding in the United Kingdom, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

In 1977, the Law Commission recommended that this section be repealed.^[2]

The words "a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale" are prospectively substituted for the words "imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months" in section 3(2) by paragraph 153 of Schedule 32 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Section 4 - Pilotage certificates[]

This section was repealed by section 52(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 7 to, the .

Section 5 - Employment of aliens in ships of the mercantile marine[]

This section was repealed by section 101(4) of, and Schedule 5 to, the .

Section 7 - Restriction of change of name by aliens[]

Section 7 was repealed by Part V of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.

Section 9 - Deportation of former enemy aliens[]

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.

Section 10 - Admission of former enemy aliens[]

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.

Section 11 - Temporary restriction on acquisition by former enemy aliens of certain kinds of property[]

This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.

Section 12 - Employment of former enemy aliens in British ships[]

This section was repealed by Schedule 2 to the .

Section 13 - Offences and penalties[]

Section 13(3) was repealed by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Immigration Act 1971.

Section 14 - Saving for diplomatic persons, etc[]

Section 14(1) was repealed by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Immigration Act 1971.

Section 14(2) was repealed by Part V of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.

Section 15 - Definitions[]

This section was repealed by Part V of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.

Section 16 - Short title and repeal[]

Section 16(2) was repealed by Part V of the Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1971.

See also[]

• 1920 Aliens Order

References[]

• Halsbury's Statutes,

External links[]

• The Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919, as originally enacted from the National Archives.