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Annex D

Proposed amendments to the British Nationality Bill 1981 to have Crown service (past and present) under the Hong Kong Government rendered by Unofficials and officials accepted as an alternative to the residence requirement for the purpose of naturalisation as British Citizens

First amendment

Delete the words "under the government of the United

Kingdom" from paragraph 1(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the Bill, so that the amended paragraph 1(1)(a)(ii) would read:

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(ii) he intends, in the event of such a certificate

being granted to him, to enter into, or continue in, Crown

service, or service under an international organisation

of which the United Kingdom or Her Majesty's government therein is a member, or service in the employment of a

Society, company or body of persons established in the

United Kingdom".

G.F. 324

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