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status was acquired. If it was acquired only under the provisions of the Naturalization Ordinance, 1902, the person in question is entitled to all the political and other rights, powers and privileges to which a natural-
born British subject is entitled in Hong Kong, but only
while the person so naturalized is in Hong Kong. If
the status was acquired by birth, or under the provisions
of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts
1914 and 1918, the person in question is entitled, not
only in Hong Kong, but, for example, in England also, to
all the political and other rights, powers and privileges
to which a natural-born British subject is entitled.
5. What is popularly known as local naturalization,
which is valid only within the Colony, can be obtained
from the Governor under the Naturalization Ordinance,
1902, Ordinance No.44 of 1902. What is popularly known
as Imperial naturalization can be obtained from the
Secretary of State, through the Governor, under the
British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and
1918. The respective requirements are set out in the
Ordinance in the one case and in the Acts and regulations
in the other.
6. As explained above, naturalization under the Hong
Kong Ordinance is effective only in Hong Kong, but the
effects of naturalization under the British Nationality
and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and 1918, are not confined
to Hong Kong.
7. Denization is a prerogative of the Crown which has
fallen into desuetude, though it is expressly preserved
by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914.
Letters of denization cannot be obtained in the Colony of
Hong Kong. The rights conferred by denization might
vary from case to case, but denizens were in any event
under certain statutory disabilities.
8.