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2(1)(B)

2(1)(D)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(C) (II, III,VI,VII)

2(1)(A)

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IN FORCE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO BE

REGISTERED AS A CUKC AND WHOSE MOTHER BECAME OR

WOULD BUT FOR HER DEATH HAVE BECOME A BDTC BY

REASON OF BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION

IN HONG KONG. (SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH 5.)

15. A PERSON ADOPTED, WHETHER OR NOT IN HONG KONG AND

THE ADOPTER OR ONE OF THE ADOPTERS IS A BDTC ON

THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION ORDER BY VIRTUE OF A

CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE

2(I) OF THE ORDER. (SECTION 15(5) BNA 1981).

16. A PERSON BORN IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

OUTSIDE HONG KONG TO A PARENT WHO WAS AT THE TIME

OF BIRTH SETTLED IN HONG KONG, OR WHO WAS A BDTC

BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SET

OUT IN ARTICLE 2(1). (SECTION 15(1) BNA 1981).

17. A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

TO A PARENT WHO IS A BDTC OTHERWISE THAN BY

DESCENT BY REASON OF BIRTH, ADOPTION,

NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG.

(SECTION 16 BNA 1981).

18.

A PERSON WHO WAS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION

WITH HONG KONG AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2(1) OF THE

ORDER AND WHO HAD CEASED TO BE A BDTC AS THE

RESULT OF A DECLARATION OF RENUNCIATION OF

BDTC' SHIP, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERED AS A BDTC.

(SECTION 24 BNA 1981).

19. A PERSON BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON OR AFTER

1 JANUARY 1983, WHO IS A BDTC ON THE GROUNDS THAT

HE WOULD OTHERWISE BE STATELESS AND ONE OF HIS

PARENTS IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH

HONG KONG AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 2(1) OF THE

ORDER. (SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH 1 BNA 1981).

NOTE

IN THE FOLLOWING SERIALS ABOVE REFERENCE TO A PERSON

WHO WAS A BDTC AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER CHILD'S

BIRTH SHOULD BE TAKEN TO INCLUDE PERSONS WHO WOULD

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