CO129-507-2 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 11-11-1927 - 23-11-1928 — Page 44

births of the children born in Chins of Anglo-

Chinese, as distinct from their registration as

British subjects, a difficulty arises from the

provision in section 1 (1) (h) (v) of the

British natiɔmlity and Status of Aliens Act,

as amended in 1922, ander which the child born

abroad of a British subject acquires British

nationality on his birth being registered at a

British Consulate within one year. The effect

of this provisions would appear to be to give

a British subject a statutory right to have his

ohild's birth registered at a British Consulate

if he wishes to do so, and if so it would not

be possible to deprive him of that right.

The

point is not so important in China at the

present time, because at present the children of

British subjecte born in China are British

subjects, without their births being registered,

under Section 1 (1) (b) (ii) of the Act; but it

will become material on the termination of our

extra-territorial jurisdiction in China,

because then registration will be necessary in

order to preserve the British nationality of

the

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