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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 Aliens Restriction Act 1914, and the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5.
The Aliens Order 1920 (SR&O 1920/448) was a British statutory instrument created under the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 that extended powers over the entry of immigrants into the country. The order made passports obligatory, and it was brought out in the context of a period of widespread unemployment following the First World War .
An Act to remove the limit imposed by section forty-seven of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, [m] and by section thirty-seven of the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act, 1913, [n] on the contributions which may be made by the Treasury under those sections, and to extend the powers of district boards of control in Scotland to borrow money.
The Aliens Act of 1905, the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act of 1914 and the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act of 1919 were all products of the turbulence in the early part of the 20th century.
An Act to enable His Majesty in time of war or imminent national danger or great emergency by Order in Council to impose Restrictions on Aliens and make such provisions as appear necessary or expedient for carrying such restrictions into effect. Citation: 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 12: Territorial extent Great Britain: Dates; Royal assent: 5 August 1914
Aliens Act 1793; Aliens Act 1905; Aliens Act, 1937; Aliens Deportation Act 1948; Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919; Aliens Restriction Act 1914; Arizona SB 1070; Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
The Alien Enemies Act was supposed to expire with the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1801, but instead the Alien Enemies Act remained in effect and became part of the United States Code.
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 ...