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A JOINT ADOPTION, ONE OF THE ADOPTERS WAS AT THE TIME
OF THE ADOPTION A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH
HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE: OR
(C) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS REGISTERED OUTSIDE
HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION BASED (WHOLLY OR PARTLY)
ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
I) 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 OR 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) 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
(F) BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS MARRIED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983
(2)
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.
IN PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE 'REGISTERED' MEANS REGISTERED AS A
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