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(3) BEING A WOMAN, SHE WAS REGISTERED IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1ST JANUARY 1933 BY VIRTURE 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 1083, 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.
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
(S) 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.
ARTICLE 4(2). ANY PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN BY VIRTUE (WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING
A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG SHALL BE ENTITLED, BEFORE 1 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.
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