TNAG-1383-FCO40-1831-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 79

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FM HONG KONG 24083OZ JUL 35

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1514 OF 24 JULY

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MIPT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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RECEIVED REGISTRY

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LIST OF PERSONS WHO WILL LOSE BDTC STATUS AND MAY ACQUIRE BN (0) STATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR REVISED DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL..

BEGINS

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS LIST:

''REGISTRATION'' UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED MEANS REGISTRATION

UNDER THE BNA 1948 OR BNA 1981 REGARDLESS OF PLACE OF REGISTRATION

ON ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUDS:-

(!)_RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:

(11) SERVICE IN CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG:

(111) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN OR NATURALISED IN HONG KONG:

(IV) MARRIAGE TO A PERSON WHO IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE ORDER-IN-COUNCIL (SEE

NOTE 2) OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH OR RENUNCIATION OF

CITIZENSHIP:

(V) WHERE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN RENOUNCED AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESUMED,

BIRTH OR NATURALISATION IN HONG KONG, OR REGISTRATION BASED WHOLLY

OR PARTLY ON ANY ITEM FROM (1) TO (IV) ABOVE:

(VI) SETTLEMENT OF EITHER PARENT IN HONG KONG:

AND REGISTERED'' SHALL BE CONSTRUED ACCORDINGLY:

''ADOPTION IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY MEANS

'WAS ADOPTED BY ONE OR MORE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS

WHO CEASE, OR EACH OF WHOM CEASES, BY VIRTUE OF THIS ORDER TO BE A

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997

(OR WOULD HAVE CEASED BUT FOR EARLIER DEATH)'

AND ADOPTED IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY' SHALL BE CONSTRUED

ACCORDINGLY.

2. THOSE WHO BECAME BDTC'S ON 1 JANUARY 1983 BY VIRTUE OF A

CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG:

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