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E.R.

CONFIDENTIAL

Citation, commencement and extent

Revised relen

Primited to the

AUNEX

31.7.85

14.8.85

(332)

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1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Hong Kong (British 10

Nationality) Order 1986 and shall come into operation on July

1987

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(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland.

(3) This Order extends to the Channel Islands and the

Isle of Man and to all dependent territories.

Connections with Hong Kong

2.-(1) For the purposes of this Order a person shall be

taken to have a connection with Hong Kong if:-

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(a)

(b)

(c)

subject to paragraph (3) below, he, his father

or his mother was born, naturalised or registered in Hong Kong or found abandoned there as a

newborn infant; or

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he, his father or his mother was adopted (whether

or not in Hong Kong) and the adopter or, in the

case of a joint adoption, one of the adopters

was at the time of the adoption a British

Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of his

having a connection with Hong Kong as specified

in this Article; or

he, his father or his mother was registered outside

Hong Kong on an application based (wholly or

partly) on any of the following

residence in Hong Kong;

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(i)

(ii)

descent from a person born in Hong Kong;

(iii)

descent from a person naturalised,

registered or settled in Hong Kong

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