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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1915.
FORM OF DECLARATION OF RESUMPTION OF BRITISH NATIONALITY.
8. A declaration of resumption of British nationality under section twelve of the Act, by a person who has ceased to be a British subject upon his parent ceasing during the minority of that person to be a British subject, shall be in the following form —
BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS ACT, 1914.
I, A.B., of
Declaration of Resumption of British Nationality.
having ceased to be a British subject during my minority, by reason of my father [mother] having ceased to be a British subject, and having attained my majority within one year before the present date, hereby declare that I wish to resume British nationality.
Made and subscribed this day of
(Signed)
(Signed)
before me,
A.B.,
X.Y.,
[Justice of the Peace, Commissioner, or other official title].
REGISTRATION OF CERTIFICATES OF NATURALIZATION AND OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE.
9.-(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 relating to any such certificate, shall be registered both in London at the Home Office and in the Possession at such place as the Governor of the Possession may direct.
REGISTRATION OF DECLARATIONS.
10.--(1) Every declaration of alienage and declaration of retention or resumption of British nationality, wherever made, shall be registered in London at the Home Office.
(2) Every such declaration made in a British Possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, shall also be registered at such place in the Possession as the Governor of the Possession may direct.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
11.(1) The following persons may administer the oath of allegiance ;-
In England or Ireland--
Any justice of the peace or any commissioner authorized to adininister oaths in
the Supreme Court. .
In Scotland--
Any sheriff, sheriff-substitute, or justice of the peace.
In a British Possession-
In
Any judge of any court of civil or criminal jurisdiction, any justice of the peace, or any officer for the time being authorized by law, in the place in which deponent is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose.
any British Protectorate or British protected state---
Any officer for the time being authorized 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.
(2) The oath of allegiance shall be subscribed as well as taken, and the form in which the oath of allegiance is subscribed and attested shall be as follows:---