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(II) FOUND ABANDONED THERE AS A NEWBORN INFANT: OR

(III) NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN HONG KONG:

(IV) ADOPTED (WHETHER OR NOT IN HONG KONG) AND THE

ADOPTER OR, IN THE CASE OF A JOINT ADOPTION, ONE

OF THE ADOPTERS WAS AT THE TIME A BRITISH

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF HIS

HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN

THIS ARTICLE: OR

(B) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS REGISTERED OUTSIDE

HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION BASED (WHOLLY OR PARTLY) ON ANY OF

THE FOLLOWING

(I) RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:

(II) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN OR ADOPTED IN HONG

KONG OR NATURALISED, REGISTERED OR SETTLED THERE

(WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE PERSON

REGISTERED) :

(III) MARRIAGE 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 OR

RENUNCIATION OF CITIZENSHIP:

(IV) CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG:

(V) WHERE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN RENOUNCED AND

SUBSEQUENTLY RESUMED, BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR

REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG: OR

(C) AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS

SETTLED IN HONG KONG: OR

(D) HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS BORN TO A PARENT WHO AT THE

TIME OF THE BIRTH WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND

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

SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE: OR

(E) BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS MARRIED BEFORE 1ST JANUARY

1983 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

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