TNAG-1384-FCO40-1832-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 196

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(2) Where a person born on or after 1st July 1997 would,

but for this paragraph, be born stateless, then, if at the time

of the birth his father or mother is a British National (Overseas)

or a British Overseas citizen by virtue of paragraph (1) above,

he shall be a British Overseas citizen.

(3) A person born stateless on or after 1st July 1997

outside the dependent territories shall be entitled, on an

application for his registration as a British Overseas citizen

made within the period of twelve months from the date of the birth,

to be registered as such a citizen if the requirements specified

in paragraph (4) below are fulfilled in the case of either that

person's father or his mother ("the parent in question").

are

(4) The requirements referred to in paragraph (3) above

by vistire of having!

a connection witta

Hong Kong

(a)

(b)

that the parent in question was a British Overseas

citizen by virtue of paragraph (2) above at the

time of the birth; and

that the father or mother of the parent in

question was, immediately before 1st July 1997,

a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise

would have been so but for

than by descent

Lor

his or her death.

(5) If in the special circumstances of any particular case

the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may treat paragraph (3)

above as if the reference to twelve months were a reference

to six years.

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