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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 3, 1919.
DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
No. 1.-The following Act to amend the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, is published for general information.
3rd January, 1919.
CHAPTER 38.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.
Substitution
for section 7
BE
AN ACT TO AMEND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS
ACT, 1914.
[8th August, 1918.]
E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1. The following sections shall be substituted for section seven of the of provisions British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 hereinafter referred to as of the prin- the principal Act"), which relates to the revocation of certificates of
naturalization
cipal Act.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 17.
Revocation
of certificate of naturaliz- ation.
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"7.--(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a certificate of naturalization granted by him has been obtained by false representation or fraud, or by concealment of material circumstances, or that the person to whom the certificate is granted has shown himself by act or speech to be disaffected or disloyal to His Majesty, the Secretary of State shall by order revoke the certificate.
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(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions the Secretary of State shall by order revoke a certificate of naturalization granted by him in any case in which he is satisfied that the person to whom the certificate was granted either-
(a) has during any war in which His Majesty is engaged unlawfully traded or communicated with the enemy or with the subject of an enemy state, or been engaged in or associated with any business which is to his knowledge carried on in such manner as to assist the enemy in such war; or
(b) has within five years of the date of the grant of the certificate *been sentenced by any court in His Majesty's dominions to imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months, or to a term of penal servitude, or to a fine of not less than one hundred pounds; or
(c) was not of good character at the date of the grant of the certi-
ficate; or
(d) has since the date of the grant of the certificate been for a period of not less than seven years ordinarily resident out of His Majesty's dominions otherwise than as a representative of a British subject, firm, or company carrying on business, or an institution established, in His Majesty's dominions, or in the service of the Crown, and has not maintained substantial con- nection with His Majesty's dominions or
(e) remains according to the law of a state at war with His Majesty a
subject of that state;
and that (in any case) the continuance of the certificate is not conducive to the public good.
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