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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

(C) HE, HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WAS REGISTERED OUTSIDE

HONG KONG ON AN APPLICATION BASED (WHOLLY OR PARTLY)

ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

I) RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG:

II) DESCENT FROM A PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG:

III) DESCENT FROM A PERSON NATURALISED, REGISTERED OR

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 OR CITIZENSHIP:

VI) CROWN SERVICE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG:

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

(2)

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.

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

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