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OO HONG KONG

GRS 507

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

HKCK 3401/

RECSIVED IN REWOPY NO. 51 3 OMAR 1981

INDEX

to fis.4

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FM FCO 201630Z MAR 81

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 296 OF 26 MARCH.

FCO TELNO 276: NEW NATIONALITY LAW

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THE PROPOSED NEW CLAUSE WAS TABLED ON 25 MARCH AND APPEARS

IN THE ORDER PAPER TODAY.

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SECTIONS 1 TO 3 READ AS FOLLOWS:

QUOTE:

(1) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ANY PERSON WHO IS A CITIZEN OF

THE BRITISH DEPEDENT TERRITORIES, A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN,

A BRITISH SUBJECT UNDER THIS ACT OR A BRITISH PROTECTED

PERSON.

(2) A PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECTION APPLIES SHALL BE

ENTITLED, ON AN APPLICATION FOR HIS REGISTRATION AS A BRITISH CITIZEN, TO BE REGISTERED AS SUCH A CITIZEN IF THE

SECRETARY OF STATE IS SATISFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-

MENTS ARE SATISFIED IN THE CASE OF THAT PERSON, NAMELY -

(A) THAT HE WAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE BEGINNING OF

THE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS ENDING WITH THE DATE OF THE APPLI-

CATION AND THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH HE WAS ABSENT

ABSENT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THAT PERIOD DOES NOT

EXCEED 450: AND

(B) THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON WHICH HE WAS ABSENT FROM THE

UNITED KINGDOM IN THE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS SO ENDING DOES

NOT EXCEED 90: AND

(C) THAT HE WAS NOT AT ANY TIME IN THE PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS

SO ENDING SUBJECT UNDER THE IMMIGRATION LAWS TO ANY

RESTRICTION ON THE PERIOD FOR WHICH HE MIGHT REMAIN IN

THE UNITED KINGDOM: AND

(D) THAT HE WAS NOT AT ANY TIME IN THE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS SO

ENDING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN BREACH OF THE IMMIGRATION

LAWS.

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