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SCHEDULE

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS BY VIRTUE ONLY OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG

1.--(1) A person is for the purposes of section 1 a British Dependent Territories 5 citizen by virtue only of a connection with Hong Kong if he would not be such a

citizen but for that connection and if-

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(a) subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, he, his father or his mother was born, naturalised or registered in Hong Kong or found abandoned there as a new-bom, infant; or

(b) he, his father or his mother was adopted (whether or not in Hong Kong) and the sclopent er, in the case of a joint adoption, one of the adopters was at the time of the adoption of British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of his having a connection with Hong Kong as specified in this Schedule; 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-

(1) 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;

() marriage to a person who is a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of his having a conectou with Hong Kong as specified in this low fre bio Aesth ce vemmciation of

citizenship;

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(vi) Crown service under the government of Hong Kong, (vii) where citizenship has been remouxxxxi zui succcyumuny

birth, naturalisation or registration in Hong Kong; or

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1. Linh bán ra nhan ra mat tap cac led in Hong Kong of (e) his father of mother was bom 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 Schedule; or

(f) being a woman, she was married before 1st January 1983 to a man who is a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of his having a connection with Hong Kong as specified in this Gelasius or his death.

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(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above "registered" means registered as a British Dependent Territories citizen or, before 1st January 1983, as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and "registration" shall be construed accordingly.

(3) A person born in Hong Kong on or after 1st January 1983 shall not be taken to have a connection with Hong Kong under sub-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 Schedule.

2. A person is for the purposes of section i a British Devout Territorie citizen by virtue only of a connection with Hong Kong if he would not be such a citizen but for that connection and if he is or becîus a British National (Overseas).

Section 1(4).

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