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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 8, 1935.
Any criminal or civil proceedings, including bank- ruptcy proceedings, ever taken against the applicant in any Court of Law;
Date and place of marriage, full name of wife, and
her nationality before marriage; and
Full names of any legitimate children, with date and place of birth of each, and their present residence.
The place of birth should be stated, where possible, in the form of a postal address, showing the province or other division of the country as well as the town district in which the applicant was born.
Nationality should be described accurately by reference to a Sovereign State, e.g., a Russian Pole should be described as either a Russian or a Pole, but should not be described as a Pole unless he is recognized as such by the competent Polish authorities.
3. The application must also show that the applicant satisfies the conditions prescribed in the Act as to residence in His Majesty's dominions, character, knowledge of English and intention to reside in His Majesty's dominions or to serve under the Crown.
4. The details of residence should be clearly set out by dates and addresses as follows:-
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5. If the applicant has resided entirely within His Majesty's dominions for the five years immediately preceding the application, details of his residence for that period will suffice, but if any part of that period has been spent out of His Majesty's dominions details of residence (both in those dominions and elsewhere) should be shown for the last eight years.
6. A statement should be added of the total length of the applicant's residence (a) in Hong Kong, and (b) elsewhere in His Majesty's dominions.
7. For the purpose of the requirements of the Act as to residence (whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere in His Majesty's dominions) residence will be taken as meaning continuous personal presence, subject to such brief and occasional periods of absence as may seem to the Governor not inconsistent with essential continuity of residence. Any period of absence, however brief, must be mentioned in the application. Where the applicant's business or private affairs necessitate repeated short absences which are consistent with continuity of residence in His Majesty's dominions, the circumstances giving rise to such absences should be explained.
8. The Governor will require a frank disclosure of any proceedings of any nature criminal or civil-ever taken against the applicant in any Court of Law or Bankruptcy. Full particulars should be given including the nature, date and result, of all such proceedings, even if the applicant was not convicted, fined, etc.
Any composition with creditors should also be disclosed under this heading.
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