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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Notebook listing the receipt and issuing of Alien Registration Certificates at Tredegar Police Divisional Headquarters between 1947 and 1953
Dark blue canvas covered lined notebook with large white labe on the front, on which is printed 'CONSTABLES ON AND OFF DUTY, VISITS TO PRISONERS, REPORTS &c.' Inside handwritten title : ALIENS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES RECEIVED AND ISSUED AT TREDEGAR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS followed by 6 pages of entries detailing quantities and serial numbers of certificates between 05.05.1947 and 21.04.1953. Under the "received by" column, some names are those of police officers, some those of private individuals.The remainder of the notebook is blank. 8 receipts for certificates are gummed to the inside back cover
The requirement for aliens (the then legal term for immigrants to Britain) to register with the police was introduced under the provisions of the Aliens Registration Act 1914. It was renewed by the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 and the Immigration Act 1971. The legislation gave to the government the power to require such individuals to register with the police giving detailed particulars including name, address, marital status, employment or occupation, including employer's name and address, a photograph, and to pay a registration fee. A registered person was required also to register changes of address, marital status, nationality, and employment or occupation. In return the individual received a police certificate of registration.
