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PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUE OF DENA TI OMALISATI

ION CERTIFICATES. DATED MARCH 1928.

Certificates of denati cnalisation will be issued by the Canton

Bureau for Foreign Affairs.

The Canton Bureau for Foreign Affairs will notify the Consular

Body at each port that in cases where Chinese claiming foreign

nationality apply for registration at consulates, such regis-

tration should be refused unless the applicant holds a certi-

ficate of denationalisation.

Chinese who have obtained certificates of denationalisation may

only carry on trade and purchase land in the treaty ports. Those

who already own land in the interior must sell it forthwith,

so as to avoid their being able to avail themselves of the spe-

cial privileges under the treaties, with resultent complicɛ-

tions.

The Canton Bureau for Foreign Affairs will send in to the Pro-

vincial Government each month a list of persons who have obtain-

ed certificates of denationalisation, for circulation to the

various departments.

Where applications for denationalisation are received by the

Bureaux for Foreign Affairs at Ch'aochow, Hoifung, Kiungchow,

Chingchow, Yamehow, Limahow and Leichow, auch applications

should be forwarded to the Canton Bureau for Foreign Affairs,

which will issue the certificates, thus preserving oo-ordination.

The Consula in the various porta may also forward such appli

cations on behalf of the persons concerned.

The procedure laid down in these regulations will apply to the

issue of certificates of denationalisation in Kwangɛi province.

These regulations will come into force from the date of their

approval by the Canton Branch Political Council.