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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
IN THIS ARTICLE.
LOSS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP (HEADING
UNDERLINED)
3. ANY PERSON WHO, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997
(A) IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN BY VIRTUE
(WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG: AND
(B) BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG WOULD
NOT BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN,
SHALL ON THAT DATE CEASE TO BE SUCH A CITIZEN.
RIGHT TO ACQUIRE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)
(HEADING UNDERLINED)
4.-(1) ON AND AFTER 1ST JULY 1987 THERE SHALL BE A NEW FORM OF
BRITISH NATIONALITY THE HOLDERS OF WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS
BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS).
(2) ANY PERSON WHO IS A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN
BY VIRTUE (WHOLLY OR PARTLY) OF HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG
KONG AND WHO, BUT FOR HIS HAVING A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG,
WOULD NOT BE SUCH A CITIZEN SHALL BE ENTITLED, BEFORE 1ST JULY
1997 (OR BEFORE THE END OF 1997 IF BORN IN THAT YEAR BEFORE THAT
DATE), TO BE REGISTERED AS A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AND TO
HOLD OR BE INCLUDED IN A PASSPORT APPROPRIATE TO THAT STATUS.
(3) ANY PERSON WHO, HAVING BECOME A BRITISH NATIONAL
(OVERSEAS) BY VIRTUE OF PARAGRAPH (2) ABOVE, CEASES AT ANY TIME
BEFORE 1ST JULY 1997 TO BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN SHALL AT THE SAME TIME CEASE TO BE A BRITISH NATIONAL
(OVERSEAS).
REMOVAL OF HONG KONG FROM LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES (HEADING
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