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No. 35
(GIBRALTAR.)
LAW OFFICERS TO HOME OFFICE.
Opinion.
The 7 & 8 Vict. (1844), cap. 66, sect. 6, provided that upon obtaining the certificate and taking the oath therein mentioned, every alien then residing in, or who should thereafter come to reside in, any part of Great Britain or Ireland should enjoy all the rights of a British subject. The 10 & 11 Vict., cap. 83, sect. 3, expressly enacted that the above Act of 1844 should not extend to the Colonies. The 33 Vict. (1870), cap. 14, sect. 7. enacted that an alien, to whom a certificate of naturalisation should be granted should, in the United Kingdom, be entitled to all political and other rights, &c., of a British subject.
It appears to us that the operation of the above enactments is clearly confined to the United Kingdom, and we are therefore of opinion that a certificate of naturalisation, granted under either of the Acts of 1844 or 1870, confers upon an alien no rights or privileges in a British Colony.
Lincoln's Inn,
August 12th. 1874.
RICHARD BAGGALLAY. JOHN HOLKER.
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