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(E) 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

(F) 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: OR

(G) BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS REGISTERED IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 1983 BY VIRTUE OF HER MARRIAGE TO A PERSON WHO WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES, AND WHO BECAME A BRITISH CITIZEN OR A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN.

(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 PARA (1)(A)(1) ABOVE BY VIRTUE OF HIS BIRTH THERE UNLESS, AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS SETTLED IN HONG KONG

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