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THE BIRTH A BDTC BY BIRTH, REGISTRATION,
NATURALISATION OR
ADOPTION IN HONG KONG, OR WHO WAS SETTLED IN HONG KONG (SECTION
15(1) BNA 1981)
2. A PERSON FOUND ABANDONED IN HONG KONG AS A NEW-BORN INFANT.
(SECTION 15(2) BNA 1981)
3. A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG AND REGISTERED AS A BDTC BY REASON
OF A PARENT BECOMING SETTLED IN HONG KONG OR REGISTERED OR
NATURALISED IN HONG KONG. (SECTION 15(3) BNA 1981)
4. A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG AND REGISTERED AS A BDTC BY REASON
OF RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF HIS/HER
LIFE. (SECTION 15(4) BNA 1981)
(SECTION 15(5) BNA 1981)
5. A PERSON ADOPTED IN HONG KONG.
5(A). A PERSON BORN IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES OUTSIDE HONG
KONG TO A PARENT WHO WAS AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH SETTLED IN HONG
KONG. (SECTION 15(1) BNA 1981)
6.. A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TO A PARENT
WHO IS A BDTC OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT BY REASON OF BIRTH,
ADOPTION, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG OR WHO IS A
BDTC SERVING OUTSIDE HONG KONG IN CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG OR SERVICE DESIGNATED AS BEING CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE HONG KONG OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG. (SECTION 16 BNA 1981)
7. A PERSON REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AS A BDTC WHILST A MINOR AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (SECTION 17(1) BNA
1981)
8. A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND
REGISTERED AS A BDTC IN HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION MADE WITHIN
12 MONTHS OF BIRTH OR WITHIN 6 YEARS IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THINKS FIT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A PARTICULAR CASE, BY REASON
OF ONE OF HIS PARENTS BEING AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH A BDTC BY
DESCENT FROM A PARENT BORN, NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN HONG
KONG AND, UNLESS THAT PERSON IS STATELESS, THAT THE PARENT IN
QUESTION WAS IN HONG KONG FOR SOME PERIOD OF 3 YEARS ENDING WITH
A DATE NOT LATER THAN THE DATE OF BIRTH. (SECTION 17(2) BNA 1981)
9. A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND
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