Form B.
12.
In any case in which it is your intention to make an Order under
section 7a, you should in forwarding the report mentioned in paragraph four of
this despatch indicate such intention and furnish particulars as to the wife and children affected, and your reasons for proposing to deprive them of British
nationality. If I concur in your proposal I shall inform you accordingly,
and you should as soon as the Order of revocation has been completed make a further Order under section 7A in the Form B. (enclosure to this despatch), and should take steps to have the Order registered in the Colony and forward a
copy to me, logether with a copy of the Order of revocation, for transmission ip
the Home Office, as laid down in paragraph five above.
13.
You will note that section 3 of the new Act is not an enactment which under the provisions of section 8 (1) of the Principal Act and section 2 (4)
[Enclosure 3 in Circular despatch of 18th October, 1918.]
A.
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS ACTS,
1914 AND 1918.
IN THE MATTER OF [insert name of holder of certificate]
REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION.
WHEREAS I am satisfied that the certificate of Imperial naturalization
numbered
of the new Act applies to the Government of any British Possession.
designedly enacted in its present form, and not made a part of the Principal Act,
in order that its operation should be confined to the United Kingdom.
It was
on the
granted to
day of
14.
Section 3 (2) represents the policy adopted in the United Kingdom
of refusing naturalization to enemy aliens for a period of ten years after the war, and although the section is not binding outside the United Kingdom, it is desirable that a similar policy should be adopted in the Colony under your government and that, until further instructions are issued on the subject, no certificate proposed to be granted to an enemy alien in a Colony should be sent home for the approval of the Secretary of State except in cases which, if the application were made in the United Kingdom, would fall under head (a), (b) or (c) of section 3 (2).
I have the honour to be,
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19 in [this Colony,
or as the case may be] is revocable under the provisions of [specify the exact
provision, e.g., section 7 (1) or section 7 (2)(d), or as the case may be] of the
British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, and that the continuance
of the certificate is not conducive to the public good;
Now, THEREFORE, by this Order made in pursuance of the powers
conferred upon me by the above mentioned Acts I revoke the said certificate
and I direct such revocation to have effect from [the date hereof, or some
other date to be specified in the Order] and I further order the said certificate
to be given up and to be cancelled.
Dated the
day of
[Governor of
191
.]
Sir,
by me.
Your most obedient, humble servant,
WALTER H. LONG.
This Order has been submitted to me for my approval and approved
[One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.]
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