THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 8, 1935.
17. The total fee payable in respect of the grant of a Certificate of Naturalization is $100, of which $25 is payable on the submission of the application. No application will be considered until the preliminary fee of $25 is paid; this preliminary fee will not in any circumstances be refunded. The remaining sum of $75 is not payable until an intimation is received that the Certificate will be granted.
18. Other expense necessarily involved is the usual stamp duty on the statutory declaration.
19. When the Certificate is granted, further instructions will be issued as to taking the Oath of Allegiance and its registration.
20. The grant of a Certificate of Naturalization to an alien does not confer British nationality upon his wife. If his wife desires to become a British subject, it will be necessary for her to make a declaration to that effect.
The necessary form of declaration will be supplied by the Colonial Secretary when the Certificate of Naturalization is sent to the applicant in order that the Oath of Allegiance may be taken. The fee of $6 which is payable in respect of the declaration should be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary with the declaration.
21. After an application has been submitted, the Colonial Secretary should be informed by letter of any material circumstance which occurs before a certificate is issued and which may affect the accuracy of the particulars represented in the application. A certificate, if granted, may be revoked if it is afterwards found to have been obtained by false representations or by concealment of material circumstances.
N.B.-If the foregoing instructions are not closely and accurately observed, it may be necessary to return the applica- tion for amendment, thus causing delay and possibly additional expense.
(B.)
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS
OF ALIENS ACT, 1914.
Instructions as to an application for a Cerificate of Naturalization by a woman resident in Hong Kong who, being a British subject before her marriage, lost her British Nationality on marriage to an alien, and whose husband is dead or whose marriage has been dissolved.
These instructions are not applicable in the case of a woman whose former husband was at the date of the marriage a British subject.
1. An application for the grant of a Certificate of Naturalization should be addressed to the Governor on the appropriate form. Forms of application may be obtained from the Colonial Secretary's Office on payment of the sum of one dollar.
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