THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 13, 1934.
which oath
11. The oath of allegiance shall be taken within one Time calendar month after the date of the certificate of naturaliza- within tion to which it relates, or within such extended time as the of allegiance Secretary of State or, in the case of a certificate granted in to be taken. a British Possession, the Governor of the Possession, may direct, and if the oath is not so taken the certificate shall not take effect.
12. The following persons may administer the oath of Persons allegiance :--
In England or Northern Ireland-
before whom the oath of allegiance may be
Any justice of the peace or any commissioner au- taken.
thorized to administer oaths in the Supreme Court. In Scotland-
----
Any sheriff, sheriff-substitute, or justice of the peace. In a British Possession-
Any judge of any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction. any justice of the peace, or any officer for the time being authorised by law, in the place in which deponent is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose.
In any British Protectorate or British protected State or territory in respect of which a Mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty---
Any officer for the time being authorised by law in that territory to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose.
Elsewhere-
Any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of His
Majesty.
13. (1) The oath of allegiance shall be subscribed as Oath of well as taken, and the form in which the oath of allegiance allegiance. is subscribed and attested shall be as follows:-
I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors, according to law.
(Signed) A.B.
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Sworn and subscribed this
day of
before me,
(Signed) X.Y..
[Justice of the Peace, Commissioner,
or other official title.]
(2) The oath of allegiance sworn subscribed and attested as herein directed shall in every case be endorsed on the certificate of naturalization to which it relates.
14. (1) Every certificate of naturalization granted in the United Kingdom and every oath of allegiance relating to any such certificate shall be registered in London at the Home Office.
(2) Every certificate of naturalization granted in a British Possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, and every oath of allegiance
Registration
of certi- icates of
naturaliza-
tion aud oaths of allegiance.