Aliens Act, 1935

Rights of aliens in relation to property.

3.—(1) Real and personal property of every description in Saorstát Eireann or subject to the law of Saorstát Eireann may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the like manner and to the like extent as such property may be taken, acquired, held, or disposed of by a citizen of Saorstát Eireann.

(2) A title to real or personal property of any description in Saorstát Eireann or subject to the law of Saorstát Eireann may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien in the like manner and to the like extent in all respects as such property may be derived through, from, or in succession to a citizen of Saorstát Eireann.

(3) Nothing in this section shall operate—

(a) to qualify an alien for any office or for any municipal, parliamentary, or other franchise for which he would not be qualified if this section had not been enacted, or

(b) to qualify an alien to be the owner of a ship or of any share in a ship registered in Saorstát Eireann, or

(c) to qualify an alien to be the owner of any aircraft registered in Saorstát Eireann, or

(d) to qualify any alien for any right or privilege conferred by an Act of the Oireachtas (whether passed before or after this Act) on any class or group of persons, whether defined as citizens or as nationals of Saorstát Eireann or in any other manner whatsoever, of which such alien is not a member at the relevant time.