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TELEGRAM NUMBER 270 OF 20 MARCH

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RECEIVED BY NO. 51 25 MAR '081

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See (167;

MIPT: NEW NATIONALITY LAW

FOLLOWING IS PROBABLE TEXT OF NEW CLAUSE:-

3(A) (1) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ANY PERSON WHO

IS A CITIZEN OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT 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 THAT PERSON FULFILS THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS, NAMELY -

(A) AS IN YOUR TELNO 472 OF 20 MARCH.

(B)

DITTO.

(C)

DITTO.

(D) DITTO.

(3) AS IN YOUR TELNO 472 EXCEPT THAT ''SUBSECTION (1)'' IN THIRD LINE SHOULD READ ''SUBSECTION (2)''.

(4) IF, ON AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A

BRITISH CITIZEN MADE BY A PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECTION APPLIES, THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS SERVING OR HAS SERVED OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SERVICE TO WHICH THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES, HE MAY, IF HE THINKS FIT IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE APPLICANT'S CASE, CAUSE HIM TO BE REGISTERED AS SUCH A CITIZEN. (FURTHER CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO DELETION OF THE PHRASE "OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM'').

(5) AS IN YOUR TELNO 472.

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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE,

LONDON.

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