HONG KONG.
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The repealed Section 8(1) (a) provides as follows.
"8. Right to land in Hong Kong and to remain free of conditions of stay
(1) The following persons shall have the right to land in Hong Kong that is to say—
(4) Hong Kong belongers";”.
"Hong Kong belonger” in section 2(1) (Interpretation) was defined as follows
· “Hong Kong belonger" means a person who...
(a) immediately before 1 January 1983 was—
a British subject who was born in Hong Kong;
a British subject by naturalization in Hong Kong;
(iii) a British subject by registration in Hong Kong under section 7(2) of the
British Nationality Act 1948;
(iv) a British subject married or who had been married to, or was a child
of, a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii);”.
(b) A resident
British
or citizen
ä
resident
United
Kingdom belonger has the right (a) to land (b) not to have imposed any condition of stay and (c) not to have
But he is liable to
a removal order made against him. deportation and the right to land shall cease while
the deportation order is in force.
See Section 8.
"resident British citizen" means a British citizen who has at any time been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years either as a British citizen or partly as a United Kingdom belonger and partly as a British citizen; (Replaced 31 of 1987 s. 2)
"resident United Kingdom belonger" means a United Kingdom belonger who was at any time before 1 January 1983 ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years; (Amended 31 of 1987 s. 2)
franchise.
A
Electoral Provisions Ordinance (as at June 1991)
Part II provides for the electoral person shall be entitled to vote if registered. requirements is that he has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong
One of the
a Hong Kong
for 7 years but this shall not apply to permanent resident as defined in the Immigration Ordiannce.
See section 8.