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1949 TO A PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN

BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED

IN THIS ARTICLE OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH.

(2) IN PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE 'REGISTERED' MEANS REGISTERED AS A

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN OR, BEFORE 1ST JANUARY

1983, AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES.

(3) A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG ON OR AFTER 1ST JANUARY 1983

SHALL NOT BE TAKEN TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG UNDER

PARAGRAPH (1)(A)(I) ABOVE BY VIRTUE OF HIS BIRTH THERE UNLESS, AT

THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS SETTLED IN HONG

KONG.

LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP

3. ANY PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997 -

(A) IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE

(WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG: AND

(B) BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG WOULD

NOT BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN,

SHALL ON THAT DATE CEASE TO BE SUCH A CITIZEN.

RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)

4.-(1) ON AND AFTER 1ST JULY 1987 THERE SHALL BE A NEW FORM OF

BRITISH NATIONALITY THE HOLDERS OF WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS

BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS).

(2) ANY PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN

BY VIRTUE (WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG

KONG SHALL BE ENTITLED, BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997 (OR BEFORE THE END

OF 1997 IF BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE THAT DATE), ON APPLICATION TO

BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).

(3) ANY PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997, IS A

BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) BUT NOT A BRITISH DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES CITIZEN SHALL ON THAT DATE CEASE TO BE A BRITISH

NATIONAL (OVERSEAS).

REMOVAL OF HONG KONG FROM LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

5. ON AND AFTER 1ST JULY 1997 THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981

SHALL HAVE EFFECT AS IF IN SCHEDULE 6 TO THAT ACT (BRITISH

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES) THE WORDS 'HONG KONG' WERE OMITTED.

PROVISIONS FOR REDUCING STATELESSNESS

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