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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

2(1)(A)

2(1)(C) (1)

2(1)(A)

2(1)(C) (V)

7.

YEARS RESIDENCE IN A DEPENDENT TERRITORY IF BORN

TO A BDTC BY DESCENT).

A PERSON REGISTERED AS A BDTC ON AN APPLICATION

BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF ORDINARY RESIDENCE IN

HONG KONG SINCE 1 JANUARY 1973. (SECTION 19 BNA

1981).

8. A WOMAN REGISTERED AS A BDTC WHETHER IN OR

OUTSIDE HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION MADE WITHIN FIVE

YEARS AFTER COMMENCEMENT ON THE GROUNDS THAT

IMEDIATELY BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983 SHE WOULD, IF SHE

HAD APPLIED FOR IT, BEEN ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION AS

A CUKC UNDER SECTION 6(2) BY VIRTUE OF:

A) HER MARRIAGE TO A MAN WHO WAS THEN HER HUSBAND

AND WHO BECAME ON 1 JANUARY 1983 A BDTC BY

VIRTUE OF ANY OF A 1-11 ABOVE, PROVIDED THAT HE

HAD NOT RENOUNCED BDTC UP TO THE DATE OF

APPLICATION, AND THEY REMAINED MARRIED

THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. 20(1).

C)

B) HAVING BEEN MARRIED TO A MAN SHE WAS NO LONGER

MARRIED TO ON THE DATE OF APPLICATION, AND WHO

BECAME, OR WOULD BUT FOR HIS DEATH HAVE BECOME,

A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF ANY OF A 1-11 ABOVE. 20(2).

BEING MARRIED TO A MAN WHO WAS HER HUSBAND ON

THE DATE OF APPLICATION AND WHO EITHER BECAME A

BDTC ON 1 JANUARY 1983 BY VIRTUE OF ANY OF A1-11

ABOVE BUT WHO HAD RENOUNCED BDTC: OR WHO WOULD

HAVE BECOME SUCH A BDTC BUT FOR HIS HAVING

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