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CC,MDENTIAL

DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1985.

A

7.6.85

Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong (British

Nationality) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on

1.

1986.

Connections with Hong Kong

2.-(1) For the purposes of this Order a person shall

be taken to have a connection with Hong Kong if -

(a)

subject to paragraph (3) below, he, his father

or his mother was

(i) born in Hong Kong; or

31/3/4/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/

13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21

E4/12/20

A7/8/9/11/12

B3/14/15/16/17/

18/19/21

A5-B/13/15

(b)

(ii)

found abandoned there as a newborn

infant; or

(iii)

adopted in Hong Kong; or

(iv)

naturalised or registered in

Hong Kong; or

he, his father or his mother was registered

outside Hong Kong on an application based

(wholly or partly) on any of the following

residence in Hong Kong;

(i)

(ii)

descent from a person born,

adopted, naturalised, registered

or settled in Hong Kong;

(iii)

marriage to a person who is a

British Dependent Territories

citizen by virtue of his having

a connection with Hong Kong as

CONFIDENTIAL

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