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AS IT RELATES TO THE MAKING OF REGULATIONS, BUT AS IF IN
SUBSECTION (1)(I) FOR THE WORDS FROM 'DEATHS OF' TO 'BORN' THERE
WERE SUBSTITUTED THE WORDS 'BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)'.
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(B) SECTION 42 (REGISTRATION AND NATURALISATION: GENERAL
PROVISIONS), SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO REGISTRATION, BUT AS IF
(I) IN SUBSECTIONS (1) AND (3), FOR THE WORDS
'CITIZEN OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR AS A BRITISH SUBJECT' THERE WERE
SUBSTITUED THE WORDS 'BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).'
(II) IN SUBSECTION (4), FOR THE WORDS FROM 'THIS ACT
AS A TO AS FROM. THE DATE', THERE WERE INSERTED THE WORDS
'BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) SHALL HAVE THAT STATUS':
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(C) SECTION 43 (EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS OF SECRETARY OF STATE
BY GOVERNORS AND OTHERS), SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO REGISTRATION,
RENUNCIATION AND DEPRIVATION, BUT AS IF THE REFERENCE TO BRITISH
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS WERE A REFERENCE TO BRITISH
NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) AND THE REFERENCES TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
AND BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP WERE REFERENCES TO
THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS):
(D) SECTION 45 (EVIDENCE):
(E) SECTION 46 (OFFENCES AND PROCEEDINGS):
(F) SECTIONS 47 AND 48 (LEGITIMATED AND POSTHUMOUS
CHILDREN): AND
(G) SECTION 50 (INTERPRETATION).
(2) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 12 OF THE SAID ACT OF 1981
(RENUNCIATION) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH NATIONALS
(OVERSEAS) AND THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AS
THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENS AND BRITISH
CITIZENSHIP.
(3) THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 40 OF THE SAID ACT OF 1981
(DEPRIVATION OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP) SHALL APPLY IN RELATION TO
BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) AND THE STATUS OF A BRITISH NATIONAL
(OVERSEAS) AS THEY APPLY IN RELATION TO BRITISH CITIZENS AND
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP, BUT AS IF IN SUBSECTION (2)(A)(I) THE
REFERENCE TO THAT ACT WERE A REFERENCE TO THE HONG KONG ACT 1985.
(4) THE SAID ACT OF 1981 SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:-
(A) IN SECTION 4(1)(ACQUISITION BY REGISTRATION: BRITISH
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