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necessary residential requirements. This change is in line with the recommendation of the 1986 Review Group on Electoral Arrangements that persons who now have the right to land should enjoy the same privilege as "Hong Kong

insofar belongers" registration to be electors is concerned.

The kegistration of Persons (Amendment) Bill 1987

as

It of

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The main object of the Bill is to provide for the issue from 1 July 1987 of permanent identity cards stating the holders' right of

of abode in Hong Kong and to provide the statutory framework necessary for a new identity card replacement programme. also seeks to empower

the Commissioner Registration to issue permanent identity cards to two categories of people who presently are not required to register for an identity card but who will have to apply for permanent identity cards before they can be issued with BN(0) passports or C of Is. They are children under 11 travelling on their own documents or included in their parents' documents and Hong Kong residents who apply for BN(0) passports or C of Is the first time while they are overseas and who do not hold permanent identity cards.

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Clause 2 of the Bill amends the long title of the Ordinance to take into account new provisions for the issue of permanent identity cards to persons living overseas who have the right of abode in Hong Kong.

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to the

Clause 3 introduces a number of amendments

interpretation section of the

These include

Ordinance.

(a)

amending the definition of card" to include a permanent card;

"identity

identity

(b)

inserting definitions of "permanent identity card", "applicant", "British National (Overseas)", "right of abode in Hong Kong" etc which are related the provisions for issuing permanent identity cards;

to

(c) introducing

a

"Commissioner

of

include Registration, the

the

definition

of

Registration" to

Commissioner

of

Deputy Commissioner

and any assistant commissioner of registration and consequently revising of "registration officer" and deleting the definition of "assistant registration officer";

the

definition

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