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Amendment of section 53A.

22.

Section 53A of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)

Amendment of section 53D.

Amendment of section 56.

Amendment of section 63A.

Amendment of section 64.

Replacement of

in subsection (1), by inserting before paragraph (a) the following- "(aa) subject to subsection (3), he enjoys the right of abode in

Hong Kong; or”; and

(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following-

(Cap. 177.)

“(3) A person who has appealed to the Registration of Persons Tribunal under section 3D(1) of the Registration of Persons Ordinance on the ground that he enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong, and the Tribunal has determined that he does not enjoy that right, shall not appeal under this section on the ground that he enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong.”.

23. Section 53D(1)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting before sub-paragraph (i) the following-

"(ia) does not enjoy the right of abode in Hong Kong; and”.

24. Section 56(1)(b) of the principal Ordinance is amended by insert- ing after "who" the following

"enjoys the right of abode in Hong Kong, or".

25. Section 63A of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting before paragraph (a) the following-

"(aa) does not enjoy the right of abode in Hong Kong,".

26. Section 64 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in sub-paragraph (i), by deleting "belonger" and substituting the

following

"permanent resident";

(b) by deleting sub-paragraphs (v) and (vƒ); and

(c)

in sub-paragraphs (vb) and (vd), by deleting "immediately before 1 January 1983 was" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-

"is".

27. The First Schedule to the principal Ordinance is deleted and First Schedule. replaced by the following-

"FIRST SCHEDULE

[ss. 2(1) & 59A.]

HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENTS

1. Any person who is wholly or partly of Chinese race and has at any time been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years.

2.

Any person who is a British Dependent Territories citizen and who-

(L.N. 233/86.)

(a) belongs to a class or description of persons specified in Article 2 of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 as having a con- nexion with Hong Kong; or