12-OCT-1990
18:23
DIRECTOR OF ADM.
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852 877 0802
P.09
Fees
You
have to pay $200 to cover the costs for processing your application. This should be paid in cheque, bank draft, or cashier order (payable to "Hong Kong Government") and sent in together with your application form.
Since this fee is for covering processing costs, it is not refundable. You will not get a refund, even if your application is unsuccessful.
If your application appears to be successful and before the Governor recommends you for registration, you will be asked to confirm that you still wish to be registered as a British citizen and to pay the registration fee of $1 800.
If you so confirm, pay the fee, and if your application is eventually successful, you will be issued with a registration certificate. Your registration fee will be refunded if your application is not successful. After you have collected the registration certificate, you can apply for a British passport immediately.
Confidentiality
All information contained in your application form will be treated in strict confidence. Your identity will not be revealed regardless of whether your application is successful or not.
Under the British Nationality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill, anyone disclosing any information on any application without authorisation commits an offence which carries a maximum fine of $50 000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
Penalty
It
is an offence under the British Nationality (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill to provide false information intentionally in your application form. Offenders are liable to a maximum fine of $ 15 000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. Moreover you may be deprived of British citizenship acquired under this scheme if the Home Secretary is satisfied that your registration was obtained by fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact.
It iş an offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance to offer an advantage to any public officer dealing with your application. Offenders are liable to a fine of $100 000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.
Safeguards
Safeguards have been incorporated into the procedures for
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