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ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - LONG TITLE

An Act to continue and extend the provisions of the Aliens
Restriction Act, 1914.{1}
[23rd December 1919]
S.1 rep. by 1971 c.77 s.34 sch.6. S.2 rep. by SL(R) 1971; 1971
c.77 s.34 sch.6

Incitement to sedition, &c.

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - SECT 3

3.(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.

S.4 rep. by 1979 c.39 s.50(4) sch.7[

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - SECT 5
Employment of aliens in ships of the mercantile marine.

5.(1) No alien shall act as master, chief officer, or chief
engineer of a British merchant ship registered in the United
Kingdom, or as skipper or second hand of a fishing boat registered
in the United Kingdom, except in the case of a ship or boat
employed habitually in voyages between ports outside the United
Kingdom:

Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to any alien who has
acted as a master, chief officer, or chief engineer of a British
ship, or as skipper or second hand of a British fishing boat, at
any time during the war, and is certified by the Admiralty to have
performed good and faithful service in that capacity.

(2) No alien shall be employed in any capacity on board a British
ship registered in the United Kingdom at a rate of pay less than
the standard rate of pay for the time being current on British
ships for his rating:

Provided that, where the Board of Trade are satisfied that aliens
of any particular race... are habitually employed afloat in any
capacity, or in any climate, for which they are specially fitted,
nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of aliens of such
race to be employed upon British ships at rates of pay which are
not below those for the time being fixed as standard rates for
British subjects of that race.

(3) No alien shall be employed in any capacity on board a British
ship registered in the United Kingdom unless he has produced to the
officer before whom he is engaged satisfactory proof of his
nationality.

(4) Any person who engages an alien for employment on a British
ship in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be
guilty of an offence under this Act.]

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - SECT 6
Appointment of aliens to the Civil Service.

6. After the passing of this Act no alien shall be appointed to
any office or place in the Civil Service of the State.

S.7 rep. by SL(R) 1971. S.8 rep. by 1974 NI6 art.9(2) sch.5.
Ss.911 rep. by SLR 1927. S.12 rep. by 1925 c.43 s.1 sch.2

Offences and penalties.

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - SECT 13

13.(1) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply
with the provisions of this Act..., he shall be guilty of an
offence against this Act.

(2) If any person aids or abets any person in any contravention of
this Act or knowingly harbours any person whom he knows or has
reasonable ground for believing to have acted in contravention of
this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1971 c.77 s.34 sch.6

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence against this Act shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred
pounds or to imprisonment,..., for a term not exceeding six months,
or, on a second or subsequent conviction, twelve months, or, in
either case, to both such fine and imprisonment.

S.14 rep. by SL(R) 1971; 1971 c.77 s.34 sch.6. S.15 rep. by SL(R)
1971

ALIENS RESTRICTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 1919 - SECT 16
Short title and repeal.

16.(1) This Act may be cited as the Aliens Restriction (Amendment)
Act, 1919, and the principal Act and this Act may be cited
together as the Aliens Restriction Acts, 1914 and 1919.

Subs.(2) rep. by SL(R) 1971