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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.

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