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Naturalization Act 1870
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Naturalization Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended and consolidated enactments relating to British nationality.
The act introduced administrative procedures for naturalising non-British subjects naturalisation, but preserved the process of denization. The act also introduced the concept of renunciation of British nationality, and provided for the first time that British women who married foreign men should lose their British nationality. This was a radical break from the common law doctrine that citizenship could not be removed, renounced, or revoked.
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Passage
The Naturalization Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 25 February 1870, presented by the Lord Chancellor, William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley.[1] The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 3 March 1870 and was committed to a committee of the whole house,[1] which met on 10 March 1870 and 17 March 1870 and reported on 17 March 1870, with amendments.[1] The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 18 March 1870 and passed, without amendments.[1]
The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 22 March 1870.[2] The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 31 March 1870 and was committed to a committee of the whole house,[2] which met on 25 April 1870 and 19 April 1870 and reported on 29 April 1870, with amendments.[2] The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 2 May 1870 and passed, without amendments.[2]
The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Lords on 9 May 1870.[1]
The bill was granted royal assent on 12 May 1870.[1]
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Repealed enactments
Section 18 of the act repealed 18 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act.[3] Section 18 of the act also included safeguards to preserve any rights, things done, liabilities, penalties, forfeits or investigations before the passing of the act.
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Legacy
Courtenay Ilbert described the act as a Consolidation Act, given that the act, which amended British nationality law, also consolidated various enactments relating to that particular branch of law.[4]
Section eighteen and the schedule to the act were repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 39).
The whole act was repealed by section 28 of, and the third schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 14).
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