Notice of proposed
deprivation of citizenship or mutionality.
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(2) Such a declaration as is mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be made-
(a) if the declarant is resident in a country mentioned in section 1(3) of the Act of 1948 in which there is a High Commissioner, to that High Commissioner;
(b) in any other case, to the Secretary of State at the Home
Office.
(3) Such a declaration as is mentioned in paragraph (1) shall. subject to the provisions of the said section 19(1), be registered at such place as the person to whom the declaration is made may direct.
20. (1) When it is proposed to make an order under sec- tion 20 of the Act of 1948 depriving a person of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies or under section 3 of the Act of 1965 depriving a person of the status of British subject by virtue of section 1 of that Act, the notice required by section 20(6) of the Act of 1948 to be given to that person may be given- (e) in a case where that person's whereabouts are known, by causing the notice to be delivered to him personally or by sending it to him by post;
(b) in a case where that person's whereabouts are not
known, by sending it to his last known address.
(2) Where the Secretary of State has given notice as afore- said and the person to whom it is given has the right, on making application therefor, to an inquiry under section 2007) of the Act of 1948, the application shall be made-
(a) if that person is in the United Kingdom at the time when the notice is given to him, within twenty-one days from the giving of the notice:
(b) in any other case, within such time, not being less than twenty-one days from the giving of the notice, as the Secretary of State may determine :
Provided that the Secretary of State may in special circum- stances at any time extend the time within which the application may be made.
(3) Where the Governor of any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a colony, protectorate or protected state has given notice as aforesaid, the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph shall apply with the substitution for references to the Secretary of State of references to the Governor and the substitution for the reference to the United Kingdom of a reference to that island, colony, protectorate or state.
(4) Any notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation shall, in a case in which the person to whom it is given has the right, on making application therefor, to an inquiry under section 20(7) of the Act of 1948, include a state- ment of the time within which such application must be made.
21. Where an order has been made depriving a person who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by registration of that citizenship or depriving a person who is a British subject by virtue of section 1 of the Act of 1965 of that status, the name of that person shall be removed from the register of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or, as the case may be, from the register of British subjects by virtue of the said section 1.
22. Where an order has been made depriving a person naturalized in the United Kingdom and Colonies of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, the person so deprived or any other person in possession of the relevant certificate of naturalization shall, if required by notice in writing given by the Secretary of State or any Governor having power to deprive persons of that citizenship, deliver up the said certificate to such person, and within such time, as may be specified in the notice; and the said certificate shall thereupon be cancelled or amended.
PART V.
SUPPLEMENTAL.
23. Where the preceding provisions of these Regulations require that an application or declaration shall satisfy require- ments set out in a Schedule, those requirements shall be treated as satisfied if the application or declaration is made in a form authorized by the Secretary of State or other authority to whom the application or declaration is made, if in the opinion of the Secretary of State or that other authority, as the case may be, the form so authorized is suitable in the circumstances of a particular case.
24. A certificate of citizenship in case of doubt given under section 25 of the Act of 1948 shall be signed by an officer of the Home Department not below the rank of Assistant Secretary.
25. A document may be certified to be a true copy of a document for the purpose of section 27(2) of the Act of 1948 by means of a statement in writing to that effect signed by a person authorized by the Secretary of State, the High Commissioner or the Governor in that behalf
Cancellation of registration of person deprived inf citizenship or nationality.
Cancellation and amendment of certificate of naturalization
in case of deprivation of citizenship.
Authorized formas
Certificate of citizenship in case of doubt.
Evidence.