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Sections other than Section 7(2) of the

Briti

Nationality Act (1948), who are

not qualified for Hong Kong belonger

status under the present Immigration

Unless they are at the

Ordinance.

same time entitled to Chinese

Resident status, they do not have a

legal right of entry to Hong Kong.

ኒ

British Overseas Citizenship by

virtue of their registration under

Sections other than Section 7(2) of the

British Nationality Act (1948), would

not have a legal right of entry to Hong

Kong, unless they are at the same time

entitled to Chinese Resident status.

However, the Green Paper envisages

that a British Overseas Citizen should

have a right of entry to an existing

dependency. It is intended that those

British Overseas Citizens who derive

their citizenship from their connec-

tions with a particular dependency

would have a Right of Entry to that

dependency. This minority would

therefore gain a right of entry to Hong

Kong.

E.

Transmission of Citizenship

1)

Citizenship of UK and Colonies

i)

In general, British Overseas

4

༢

1)

Citizenship of the British Dependent

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