British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914

The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to British nationality and the status of aliens.

The act notably reaffirmed that British women who married foreigners would forfeit their nationality.

Provisions Repealed enactments Section 28(1) of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal25 Edw. 3. stat. 1Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350Statute for those who are born in parts beyond the seas.From "and in the right of other children" to the end of the statute.42 Edw. 3. c. 10Naturalization Act 1368A statute made at Westminster on the first day of May in the forty-second year of King Edward III.The whole chapter.12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2Act of Settlement 1701The Act of Settlement.In section three the words "naturalized or."7 Anne c. 5Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act 1708The Foreign Protestants (Naturalization) Act, 1708.The whole act.4 Geo. 2. c. 21British Nationality Act 1730The British Nationality Act, 1730.The whole act.13 Geo. 3. c. 21British Nationality Act 1772The British Nationality Act, 1772.The whole act.33 & 34 Vict. c. 14Naturalization Act 1870The Naturalization Act, 1870.The whole act.33 & 34 Vict. c. 102Naturalization Oath Act 1870The Naturalization Oath Act, 1870.The whole act.58 & 59 Vict. c. 43Naturalization Act 1895The Naturalization Act, 1895.The whole act.

Subsequent developments Sections 1 to 16, 19 to 26, section 27 (except the definition of "alien"), the words "British Nationality and" from the short title, and all three schedules were repealed by section 34(3) of, and part II of the fourth schedule to, the British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56), which came into force on 1 January 1949. The same schedule also removed the words "natural-born" from sections 17 and 18 wherever they appeared. Sections 17 and 18, dealing respectively with the capacity of aliens as to property and the trial of aliens, remain in force.

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