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10. The divestment of British nationality is provided for in the folloin sections of the British
Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914:-
14.-(1) Any person who by reason of his having been
born within His Majesty's dominions and allegianceor on board a British ship is a natural-born British subiect, but who at his birth or during his minority became under the law of any foreign state a subject also of that state, and is still such a subject, may, if of full age and not under disability, make a declaration of alienage, and on making the declaration shall cease to be a British subject.
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(2) Any person who though out of His Majesty's
dominions is a natural-born British subject may if of full age and not under disability, make a declaration of alienage, and an making the declaration shall cease to be a British subject.
As long as a British subject of Chinese origin resides in a British possession, no question regarding his nationality is likely to arise in practice, with the possible exception of extradition which is, however, regulated by treaties and statutes. In the case, however, of British subjects of Chinese race who reside in China, or who carry on business therein, or who make frequent
and prolonged visits thereto, a practical solution of the problem becomes necessary.
12. We suggest that there should be kept by a duly appointed authority in every British possession in which British subjects of Chinese race reside, and by British Consular officers in China, a register in which should be entered the names of thosewho apply to be so registered, and who can prove to the satisfaction of the registering authority (with a right of appeal, say, to the Governor or to His Majesty's Minister, as the case may be) that they are British subjects. The applicant should furnish copies of his photograph. By agreement between Great Britain and China, copies of such registration, with
photographs,
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