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SETTLED IN HONG KONG (WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE

BIRTH OF THE PERSON REGISTERED):

IV) DESCENT FROM A PERSON ADOPTED (WHETHER OR NOT IN

HONG KONG) IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN

SUB-PARAGRAPH (B) ABOVE:

V)

MARRIAGE 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

RENUNCIATION OF CITIZENSHIP:

VI)

KONG:

CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG

VII) WHERE CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN RENOUNCED AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESUMED, BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR

REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG: OR

(D) AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH HIS FATHER OR MOTHER WAS

SETTLED IN HONG KONG: OR

(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 1 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.

(2) IN PARAGRAPH (1) ABOVE 'REGISTERED' MEANS REGISTERED AS A

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN OR, BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983,

AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES.

(3) A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983

SHALL NOT BE TAKEN TO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG UNDER

PARAGRAPH (1)(A) ABOVE BY VIRTUE OF HIS BIRTH THERE UNLESS, AT

THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH, ONE OF HIS PARENTS WAS

(A) SETTLED IN HONG KONG: OR

(B) A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE OF

HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AS SPECIFIED

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