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MIPT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH
NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.
BEGINS
'DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.
ARRANGEMENTS OF ARTICLES
1.
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT.
2.
CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG.
3.
LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP.
4.
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).
5. REMOVAL OF HONG KONG FROM LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
PROVISIONS FOR REDUCING STATELESSNESS.
6.
7.
8.
BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981.
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
SCHEDULE: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT
1.-(1) THIS ORDER MAY BE CITED AS THE HONG KONG (BRITISH
NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AND SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON ( )
1986.
(2) THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO NORTHERN IRELAND.
(3)
THIS ORDER EXTENDS TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE O
MAN AND TO ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG
2.-(1)
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER A PERSON SHALL BE TAKEN T
HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG IF
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(A) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (3) BELOW
HIS FATHER OR HIS
MOTHER WAS
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