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British Subject: Citizen of the United

Kingdom and Colonies.

a British Overseas Citizen, unless

the exceptions in Section A. above

apply.

and identifying him with Hong Kong.

C.

Right of Entry to U.K.

He has no right of entry to the United

Kingdom except in the following

circumstances:

i)

He has no right of entry to the United

Kingdom except in the following

circumstances:

He has a legal right of entry to the i)

UK if he has resided in the UK

for 5 years and is free of any

conditions of stay.

He would have a legal right of

entry if he has resided in the

UK for 5 years and is free of

any conditions of stay, prior

to the enactment of the legis-

lation proposed in the Green

Paper. If he acquires his 5

years residence after the

enactment of the legislation

proposed, he may have any

condition of stay removed,

depending on the UK immigration

rules in force at that time. But,

He has no right of entry to the UK except in

the following circumstances:

i)

He would acquire British Citizenship (and

a legal right of entry) if he has resided

in the UK for 5 years and is free of any

conditions of stay on the day that new

legislation comes into force. For someone

having less than 5 years residence on that

day, he would acquire British Citizenship

(and a legal right of entry) on completion

of 5 years residence provided he would

then free of conditions of stay.