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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

numimmi C.O.885

19 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

A.D. 1907.

Saving of allegiance

prior to ev

patriation. 133 Vist.c. 14.

*. 13.1

National status of

married

Women.

53 Vigt, e. 11.

2. 10 (1).]

Status of

widows,

(: Vick. c.

(99).]

Status of

divorced

Wouter

Status of children.

[Qn. in

Regula-

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(2) Where the Secretary of State revokes a certificate of naturalization he may order the certificate to be given up and cancelled, and any person refusing or neglecting to give up the certificate shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.

13. Where any British subject has become an alien, he shall not thereby be dis charged from any obligation, duty, or liability in respect of any act done before he so became an alien.

NATIONAL STATES OF MARried Women and Infant CHILDREN.

14. A married woman shall be deemed to be a subject of the state of which her husband is for the time being a subject.

Alternative-As regards married women, the wife of a British subject shall be deemed to be a British subject, and the wife of an alien shall be deemed to be an alien.

15. A woman being a natural-born British subject, who by or in consequence of her marriage has become an alien, shall not, by reason only of the death of her husband, cease to be att alien.

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16. The status of a divorced woman shall be the same as the status of a widow.

17.—(1) Where an alien obtains a certificate of naturalization, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks jit, on the application of that alien, include in the certificate the name of any child born before the date of the certificate, and that child shall therrupon become a British subject; "but any child'so naturalized may, within one year after attaining his majority, make a declaration of alicnage, and shall thereupon rease to be a British subject.

[(2) Every child of a naturalized father born after naturalization shall be deemed to he a British subject.]

person,

(3) Subject to the provisions of the next succceding sub-section, where a British subject becomes an alien, whether by derlaration of alienage or otherwise, every child of that, being a minor, shall thereupon cense to be a British subject [whether he be resident with his jather ur not].

(4) Where a widor, who is a British subject, marries an alien, any child of hers by her former husband shall_nut by reason only of her marriap, cease to be a British subjecr [whether he is residing outside His Majesty's dominions or not].

(5) Where a woman who was a British subject, has lost her nationality by or in consequence of her marriage, and is thereafter left a widow, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, grant a certificate of naturalization to any child of that marriage, although the conditions described in section right of this Act have not been complied with.

Alternative.—(5) The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, and for good cause shown, grant a certificate of naturalization to any minor, although all or any of the conditions described in Section eight of the Act have not been complied with.

(6) Except as provided by this section, a certificate of maturalization [or aliemiye] shall not be granted to any person under disability.

PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE.

18. The Secretary of State may make regulations for carrying into effect the objects tions to be of this Act, and in particular make such regulations as he thinks fit in respect of the made by

following matters :--

Secretary

of State.

133 Viet.

. 14. s. 11.

.B & 31

Vict.c. 102,

B. 1.]

(1) The form and registration of certificates of naturalization in the United

Kingdom:

(2) The form and registration of declarations of alienage:

(3) The registration by officers in the diplomatic or consular service of His Majesty of the births and deaths of British subjects born or dying out of His Majesty's

dominions:

(4) The persons by whom the oath of allegiance may be administered, and the persons A.D. 1907.

before whom declarations of naturalization and alienayo may be made :

(5) Whether or not such oaths are to be subscribed as well as taken, and the form

in which such taking and subscription are to be attested :

(6) The registration of such oaths :

(7) The persons by whom certified copies of such oaths may he given :

(8) The transmission to the United Kingdom, for the purpose of registration or safe keeping, or of being produced as evidence, of any declarations, certificates, or oaths made or taken in pursuance of this Act or of any Act hereby repealed out of the United Kingdom, or of any copies thereof, also of copies of entries contained in any register kept out of the United Kingdom in pursuance of this Act or any Act hereby repeated :

(9). The proof in any legal proceeding of such oaths:

(10). With the consent of the Treasury the imposition and application of fees in respect of any registration authorised to be made by this Act or any Act hereby repealed, and in respect of the making of any declaration or the grant of any certificate authorised to be made or granted by this Act or any Act hereby repealed, and in respect of the administration or registration of any oath,

tions.

c. 11. 8. 11.1

19. Any regulation made by the said Secretary of State in pursuance of this Act [or Effect of of any Act hereby repeated] shall be of the same force as if it had been enacted herein, regula- but shall not so far as respects the imposition of fees be in force in any British possession. and shall not, so far as respect any other matter. be in force in any British possession in Vict. which any Act or Ordinance to the contrary of or inconsistent with any such regulation may for the time being he in force,

Regula-

20. Any declaration made under or for the purposes of this Act, or under or tions as to for the purposes of any Art hereby repealed, may be proved in any legal proceeding by evidence of the production of the original declaration, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy declara- by the Secretary of State, or by any person authorised by him in that behalf, and the tions. production of such declaration or copy shall be evidence of the person therein named as [3 Vict.

č. 14. 8. 12.] declarant having made the same at the date therein mentioned.

Evidence of

21. A certificate of naturalization may be proved in any legal proceedings by the certificate of production of the original certificate, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by naturaliza- the Secretary of State, or by any person authorised by him in that behalf.

tion.

[33 Viet. c. 14. *. 12.) 22. Entries in any register tunde in pursuance of this Act. or under any Act hereby Entries in repealed, shall be proved by such copies and certified in such manner as may be directed registers. by the Secretary of State, and the copies of such entries shall be evidence of any matters [33 Vict. by this Act or by any Act hereby repealed, or by any regulation of the Secretary of 6. 14. s. 12.] State, authorised to le inserted in the register.

23. The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868, shall apply to any regulation made by Application a Secretary of State in pursuance of this Act or of any Act hereby repealed.

of 31 & 32 Viot. c. 37.

toregulations.

false

24. Any person wilfully and corruptly making or subscribing any declaration Penalty on under or for the purposes of this Act, knowing the same to be untrue in any material making particular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable on conviction on leclara- indictment to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding twelve months or on summary conviction to imprisonment with .without hard labour for any term not exceeding three months.

25. The oath of allegiance shall be in the form set forth in the First Schedule

this Act.

tion.

or [33 & 31

Viet, e. 102. B. 2.] to Form of oath

of allegiance.

133 Vict.

e. H. s. 9.j

Naturaliza-

POWERS OF LEGISLATURES AND Governors in BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

26.-(1) Where it appars to his Majesty in Council that under ang law for the time tion of being in force in any British pussession, the conditions to be fulfilled by aliens with respect aliens in to naturalization are alwenntially--- not less stringent than those required British for the grant of certificates of naturalization under this Set, His Majesty may by Order în outside the Council empower the Convenor of that possession in his discretion to grant to any person United

dominions

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Kingdom.