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2(1)(F)

2(1)(A)

2(1) (D)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(C) (II)

(III)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(C) (I)

2(1)(A)

14. A WOMAN WHO WAS MARRIED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983 TO

A PERSON WHO IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION

WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE

ORDER OR WOULD HAVE BEEN SO BUT FOR HIS DEATH.

23(1)(C).

B. COMMENCE UNDERLINING THOSE WHO BECAME BDTC ON OR

AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 BY REASON OF A CONNECTION

WITH HONG KONG CEASE UNDERLINING

1. A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG TO A PARENT WHO WAS AT

THE TIME OF THE BIRTH A BDTC BY BIRTH,

REGISTRATION OR NATURALISATION IN HONG KONG, OR

WHO WAS SETTLED IN HONG KONG. (SECTION 15(1) BNA

1981).

2. A PERSON FOUND ABANDONED IN HONG KONG AS A

NEW-BORN INFANT. (SECTION 15(2) BNA 1981).

3. A PERSON NATURALISED IN HONG KONG. (SECTIONS

18(1) AND 18(2) BNA 1981).

4. A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG AND REGISTERED AS A

BDTC BY REASON OF A PARENT BECOMING SETTLED IN

HONG KONG OR REGISTERED OR NATURALISED IN

HONG KONG. (SECTION 15(3) BNA 1981).

5. A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG AND REGISTERED AS A

BDTC BY REASON OF RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG FOR THE

FIRST TEN YEARS OF HIS/HER LIFE. (SECTION 15(4) BNA 1981).

6. A PERSON REGISTERED IN HONG KONG AS A BDTC WHILST

A MINOR UNDER:

A) SECTION 17(1) (SECRETARY OF STATE'S

DISCRETION).

B) SECTION 17(2) (ENTITLEMENT WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF

BIRTH OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES IF

CERTAIN RESIDENCE OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET).

C) SECTION 17(5) AND (6) (ENTITLEMENT AFTER 3

YEARS RESIDENCE IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY IF BORN

TO A BDTC BY DESCENT).

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