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The Aliens Act 1905 (5 Edw. 7.c. 13) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [2] The act introduced immigration controls and registration for the first time, and gave the Home Secretary overall responsibility for matters concerning immigration and nationality. [2]
Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...
Although the 1905 Act technically survived until its repeal in 1919, it was, in practice, submerged by the far more stringent powers of the Aliens Restriction Act of 1914. The 1914 Act contained a clause which gave the Home Secretary power to prevent the entry and order the deportation of aliens if it was deemed 'conducive to the public good ...
The Aliens Act 1905, which restricted immigration, was largely seen as a success for the BBL and, as a result, the movement by and large disappeared. [8] It officially carried on until 1923, albeit on a tiny scale, and was associated with G. K. Chesterton and the distributist movement. [11]
Proposals of the Earl of Dunraven for restricting immigration were written up by Wilkins in The Alien Invasion (1892), with introduction by Robert Billing, in the "Social Questions of Today" series by Methuen & Co. [8] The recommendations in the book bore some relation to later measures in the Aliens Act 1905. [1]
Aliens Act" or "Alien Act" can refer to: The Aliens Act 1698 (11 Will. 3 c. 6) (England) The Alien Act 1705 (England) The Aliens Act 1905 (UK) The Aliens Act of 1937 (South Africa) The Aliens Act 1880 (NZ) The Alien and Sedition Acts (USA) The Aliens Act of 2005 (Sweden) (Utlänningslagen
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Within the bill, "alien" was "an implicit reference to 'the Jew"'. [36] Evans-Gordon was a primary author of the 1904 immigration bill. [20] In 1905, the revised bill passed into law. [35] Evans-Gordon's speeches were "the primary catalyst for the final passage of the 1905 Act". [20] He became known as the "father of the Aliens Bill". [15]