TNAG-1381-FCO40-1829-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 194

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في مقال له

were references to the status of a [British (Overseas)

`national];

(d) section 45 (evidence);

(e)

section 46 (offences and proceedings);

(f) sections 47 and 48 (legitimated and posthumous

children); and

(g) section 50 (interpretation).

المخول له

2. The provisions of section 12 of the said Act of 1981

(renunciation) shall apply in relation to [British (Overseas) nationals] and the status of a British (Overseas) national as they

apply in relation to British citizens and British citizenship.

3. The provisions of section 40 of the said Act of 1981

(deprivation of British citizenship) shall apply in relation to

Natives,

Nota

[British Overseas nationals; and the status of a [British Overseas

-national as they apply in relation to British citizens and British

citizenship, but as if in subsection (2)(a)(i) the reference to

that Act were a reference to the Hong Kong Act 1985.

4. The said Act of 1981 shall be amended as follows:-

(a)

(b)

in section 4(1) (acquisition by registration: British

Dependent Territories citizens, etc.), for the words

"or a British protected person" there shall be

inserted the words " a British protected person

National

or a [British (Overseas) national];

in section 37(1) (by virtue of which certain persons

have the status of a Commonwealth citizen), after

paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following

paragraph

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" (aa) under the Hong Kong Act 1985 is a [British Now. (Overseas)national]; or";

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