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4. The answer to this question depends upon how the status
was acquired. If it was acquired only under the provisions of the Naturalization Crdinance, 1902, the person in
question is entitled to all the political and other rights, powers and privileges to which a natural-born Eritish subject is entitled in Hong Kong, but only while the person so natur- alized 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 to 1922, the person in question
is entitled, not only in Hong Kong, but, for example, in Inglend 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 Governor, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State under the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 to 1922. 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 and a person imperially naturalized in Hong Kong possesses all the rights and privileges derived from his status as such throughout the Empire, except in those Dominions which have not adopted Part II of the British Nationality and
Status of Aliens Act, 1914.
7.