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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, ONE OF HIS PARENTS WAS:
(A) SETTLED IN HONG KONG: OR
(B) A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF
HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED
IN THIS ARTICLE.
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 AND WHO, BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG,
WOULD NOT BE SUCH A CITIZEN SHALL BE ENTITLED, BEFORE 1ST JULY
1997 (OR BEFORE THE END OF 1997 IF BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE THAT
DATE), TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) ON
BEING ISSUED WITH OR INCLUDED IN A PASSPORT APPROPRIATE TO THAT
STATUS.
(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
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