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GRS 292
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FM FCO 251710Z NOV 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 994 OF 24 NOVEMBER
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
1.
HKK 340/1
mù mape byli Afzolu
26/11
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TEXT OF OPERATIVE CLAUSE: OF BRITISH NATIONALITY (FALKLAND
ISLANDS) AMENDMENT BILL IS:
BEGINS:
1. THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 SHALL BE AMENDED BY
INSERTING AFTER SECTION 11 THE FOLLOWING SECTION-
'FALKLAND
ISLANDS
RESIDENTS.
11A.-(1) A PERSON WHO IMMEDIATELY BEFORE COMMENCE-
MENT-
(A) WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
COLONIES: AND
(B) WAS ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN OR ONE OF WHOSE
PARENTS WAS SETTLED IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS,
SHALL AT COMMENCEMENT BECOME A BRITISH CITIZEN.
(2) A PERSON BORN IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AFTER
COMMENCEMENT SHALL BE A BRITISH CITIZEN IF AT THE
TIME OF THE BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER IS A BRITISH
CITIZEN.
(3) A NEW-BORN INFANT WHO, AFTER COMMENCEMENT,
IS FOUND ABANDONED IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS SHALL,
UNLESS THE CONTRARY IS SHOWN, BE DEEMED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF SUBSECTION (2)-
(A) TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
AFTER COMMENCEMENT: AND
(B) TO HAVE BEEN BORN TO A PARENT WHO AT THE TIME
OF THE BIRTH WAS A BRITISH CITIZEN.
(4) WHERE AFTER COMMENCEMENT AN ORDER AUTHORISING
THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR WHO IS NOT A BRITISH CITIZEN
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