Aliens Act 1826

Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for the Registration of Aliens.
Citation	7 Geo. 4. c. 54
Dates
Royal assent	26 May 1826
Commencement	1 July 1826

Last updated August 30, 2025

The Act 7 Geo 4 c 54, sometimes called the Aliens Act 1826,^[2] the Registration of Aliens Act 1826,^[3] the Aliens Registration Act 1826,^[4] the Alien Registration Act,^[5] or the Peace Alien Act,^[6] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It required immigrants to inform the Secretary of State or the Chief Secretary of Ireland of their place of residence twice a year.

This Act was repealed by section 1 of the Registration of Aliens Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will 4 c 11).

References

Alex de Miltitz. "No. VI". Manuel des Consuls. A Asher. London and Berlin. 1837. Volume 1. Pages xxi to xxix.
Thomas Walter Williams. "Aliens". A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts passed in 7 Geo IV. Printed for Wightman and Cramp. 1826. Pages 82 to 88.
Robert Ellis. "Alien Act". Ellis's British Tariff for 1832-33. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. 1832. Pages 73 to 78.
T E Tomlins. "Aliens". Index to Acts extending and relating to Ireland. Printed by C Baldwin. 1829. Page 6.
Annual Register, 1826. Pages 166 and 167.
A B Granville. St Petersburgh. Second Edition. Henry Colburn. 1829. Volume 1. Page 444.
Chitty's Statutes. Fifth Edition. 1894. Volume 1. Title "Alien". Page 4. Footnote (d).
Phil Orchard. A Right to Flee. Cambridge University Press. 2014. Page 83.
Mark Pearsalla and Roger Kershaw. Immigrants and Aliens: A Guide to Sources on UK Immigration and Citizenship. Second Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. 2004. Page 49.
E S Roscoe, "Aliens in Great Britain" (1930) 16 Transactions of the Grotius Society 65 at 66

↑ 7 Geo 4 c 54, section 17
↑ The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. 1992. vol 12. pp 1 & 104.
↑ Henriques. The Law of Aliens and Naturalization. 1906. p xvii. See further, p 12.
↑ Richard Plender. International Migration Law. Revised Second Edition. 1988. p 86. See further pp 66 & 67.
↑ Delane's Election Decisions 109
↑ Bell. A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland. 1838. p 37

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[1] 7 Geo 4 c 54, section 17

[2] The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. 1992. vol 12. pp 1 & 104.

[3] Henriques. The Law of Aliens and Naturalization. 1906. p xvii. See further, p 12.

[4] Richard Plender. International Migration Law. Revised Second Edition. 1988. p 86. See further pp 66 & 67.

[5] Delane's Election Decisions 109

[6] Bell. A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland. 1838. p 37

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