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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY LEGISLATION.

MIPT REFERS. OUR DETAILED COMMENTS ON MR. EMERY'S MINUTE ARE AS FOLLOWS

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PART A

A. PARAS 1-10 - AGREED EXCEPT PARA. 4 WHICH WE SUGGEST SHOULD BE DELETED FOR REASONS GIVEN IN B.(111) BELOW:

B. WE PROPOSE THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGORIES

(1) A CUKC BY REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG UNDER SECTION 5A (1) AND

(2) OF THE BNA 1948.

(11) A CUKC BY REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG UNDER SECTION 1 OF THE

BRITISH NATIONALITY (NO. 2) ACT 1964 (CUKCS SO REGISTERED OUTSIDE HONG KONG ARE ALREADY COVERED BY MR. EMERY'S PARA A(6)).

(111) A WOMAN WHO WAS A CUKC MARRIED TO OR HAD AT ANY TIME BEEN THE WIFE OF A MAN WHO BECAME A BDTC OR WHO, BUT FOR HIS DEATH, WOULD HAVE DONE SO BY VIRTUE OF A QUALIFYING CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. (A PERSON HAS A QUALIFYING CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION IF HE WAS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983 A CUKC AND WAS BORN TO A PARENT

(A) WHO AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH (THE MATERIAL TIME) WAS A CUKC: AND

(B) WHO EITHER HAD THE CITIZENSHIP AT THE MATERIAL TIME BY HIS BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG OR WAS HIMSELF BORN TO A PARENT WHO AT THE TIME OF THAT BIRTH SO HAD THAT CITIZENSHIP.).

(IV) A CUKC BY REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG UNDER SECTION 6(2) OR 6

(3) OF THE BNA 1948.

PART B

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