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ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
(1) RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:
(II) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG:
(III) DESCENT FROM A PERSON NATURALISED, REGISTERED
OR SETTLED IN HONG KONG (WHETHER BEFORE OR
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE PERSON REGISTERED):
(IV) DESCENT FROM A PERSON ADOPTED (WHETHER OR NOT
IN HONG KONG) IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED
IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (B) ABOVE:
(V) MARRIAGE TO A PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS
HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS
SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE OR WOULD HAVE BEEN
SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH OR RENUNCIATION OF
CITIZENSHIP:
(VI) CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG:
(VII) WHERE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN RENOUNCED AND
SUBSEQUENTLY RESUMED, BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR
REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG: OR
(D) ·AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS
SETTLED IN HONG KONG: OR
(E)
(F)
HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS BORN TO A PARENT WHO AT THE
TIME OF THE BIRTH WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM AND COLONIES BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN THIS
ARTICLE: OR
BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS MARRIED BEFORE 1ST JANUARY
1983 TO A PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN THIS
ARTICLE OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH.
(2) IN PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE 'REGISTERED' MEANS REGISTERED
AS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN OR, BEFORE
1ST JANUARY 1983, AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
COLONIES.
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