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Sir G. Grindle.
Seen. Political expedience or necessity may
require concurrence in extraordinary and complicated
provisions as to the status in China of Anglo-Chine se
and their descendants.
But outside China their status will be
determined by ordinary l'unicipal Law, and any British
Court would be obliged to hold that the child born
in Chine (or anywhere else out of H.. Dominions!
of a father of Chinese extraction who by birth in
Hong Kong was a natural born Eritish subject, was
also a natural born British subject, whatever other nationality that child might also possess under
the law of the place where he was horn. Such a
child would only lose his British nationality by
making a declaration of clienage on attaining his
mejority. (British nationality etc. Act 1914
Section 14 (2) ). If he does not do so he is, and
remains, a natural bom British subject, and a
Court would not pay any attention to the fact that
some Executive Authority as a matter of political
expedience refused to recognise him in China as
a british subject.
That is why I rogard all this businss as
being administrative rather than legal.
I agree.
JS.R.14/11/20
In fact we have satisfied dreselves
by frequent discussion with the F.D. that
a satisfactory settlement from the strictly
vies is impossible. Whate
legal point
These legal staties in
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be we cannot
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