Foreigners introduced and established agreeably to the regulations herein prescribed shall, be under the protection of the laws, and enjoy the same civil rights that are conceded by said laws to Mexican citizens, with the exception of acquiring real estates, which can only be held by citizens.[1]
Any foreig'ner who shall disembark and introduce himself into the territory of the republic, contrary to the provisions of this decree, shall be expelled therefrom. As, also, any foreigner who shall be adjudged guilty of having used, for the purpose of his disembarkation, any document belonging to another, or for having suppressed or falsified any of the statements required, or for having counterfeited or altered any passport or carta de seguridad.
Every foreigner wishing to leave the republic must make application for the proper passport, either to the general government, or the civil authority of the state in which he may be.
- ↑ This exception does not extend to lands belonging to mining establishments, in which aliens may hold shares. Aliens may purchase and hold land by permission of the general government for federal territory, or of the state governments for state territory.
