Legislative Council of Hongkong

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Legislative Council of Hongkong Aliens (Rights of Property) Ordinance… (1853)

By His Excellency Sir Samuel George Bonham, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
Title.An Ordinance for the Removal of Doubts regarding the Right of Aliens to hold and Transfer Property within the Colony of Hongkong.
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Legislative Council of Hongkong Aliens (Rights of Property) Ordinance… (1853)

Aliens entitled to acquire and hold Lands in the Colony.I. 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 immoveable Property situated in this Island;And to sell, transfer, assign, or bequeath the same.
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