CO129-568-9 Chung Chi Cheung- petition to appeal against decision of Hong Kong court 7-1-1938 - 28-12-1938 — Page 47

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also

not/within His Majesty's Dominions, but it seems that the Law Officers would have advised similarly under the

Act of 1914.

The position is probably therefore that the appellant is a person of double nationality

a

situation which is accepted administratively and also legally. It is understood that under Article XVI of the Treaty of Tientsin the Foreign Office concede to the Chinese authorities jurisdiction over British subjects who are also Chinese nationals. Section 14 of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, where a minor possesses British nationality and also the nationality of a foreign State he may make a declaration of alienage on attaining his

Under

majority, but he is not bound to opt for one

nationality or the other.