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A. UNDER CLAUSE 16(2) WHAT WOULD BE THE POSITION WHERE THE SPOUSE OF A CROT CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG IS HIMSELF
OR HERSELF A CBDT ALREADY CONNECTED WITH ANOTHER DEPENDENT
TERRITORY 7. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT THE SPOUSE WILL REMAIN A
CBDT CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY, WITH A
RIGHT OF ABODE BOTH IN THAT TERRITORY AND IN HONG KONG AND
NO REQUIREMENT FOR NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN HONG
KONG SHOULD ARISE:
B. CLAUSE 16(2) AS DRAFTED REQUIRES A SPOUSE TO BE STILL
MARRIED, AT THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR NATURALISATION, TO A
CBDT CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG, IN A CASE WHERE THE SPOUSE
BECOMES A WIDOW OR WIDOWER OR A DIVORCEE BEFORE THE
DATE OF APPLICATION, WE PRESUME THAT NATURALISATION CAN
STILL BE GRANTED UNDER CLAUSE 16(1) EITHER AFTER A FURTHER
PERIOD OF RESIDENCE OR BY EXERCISE OF THE DISCRETIONARY
POWERS UNDER PARAGRAPH 6 OF SCHEDULE 1.
MACLEHOSE
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