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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1915.

Certificate of Naturalization in British Possession other than India and Self-Governing Dominions.

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5. (1) A certificate of naturalization granted in a British Possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, shall be in the same form as a certificate granted in the United Kingdom, except that instead of being signed by the Secretary of State it shall be signed by the Governor of the Possession, or a person acting under his authority.

(2) Where any certificate of naturalization proposed to be so granted in a British Possession, having been submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval, is approved by him, his approval shall be signified by appending to the certificate a note to the following effect :--

This certificate has been submitted to me for my approval and approved by me.

(Signed)

E.F.,

(One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State).

FORM OF DECLARATION OF ALIENAGE.

6. A declaration of alienage shall be in the following form, the various alternatives being used according to the circumstances :-

I, A.B., of

BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS ACT, 1914.

Declaration of Alienage.

"

being the son [daughter] of an alien to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted, in which certificate of naturalization, in accordance with subsection (1) of section five of the above-mentioned Act, my name was included, and having attained my majority within one year before the present date [or, being a person who, by reason of my having been born within His Majesty's Dominions and allegiance, [or on board a British ship,] am a natural-born British subject, but who at my birth, [during my minority], became under the law of

a subject also of that State, and am still such a subject, and of full age and not under disability] [or, being a natural-born British subject, who was born out of His Majesty's Dominions and being of full age and not under disability], [or, having been originally a subject or citizen of

being a State with which His Majesty has by Order in Council declared that he has entered into such a convention as is mentioned in section fifteen of the above-mentioned Act, and having been naturalized as a British subject] do hereby renounce my nationality as a British subject.

Made and subscribed this

day of

(Signed) A.B.,

before me,

(Signed) X.Y..

[Justice of the Peace, Commissioner, or other official title].

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Form of Declaration of Retention of British Nationality.

7. A declaration of retention of British nationality under section ten of the Act, by the wife of a man ceasing during the continuance of his marriage to be a British sub- ject, shall be in the following form:--

BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS ACT, 1914.

I, A.B., of

Declaration of Retention of British Nationality.

, being the wife of

the continuance of my marriage to him, namely, on or about the nineteen hundred and

who, during

day of

, has ceased to be a British subject, hereby declare that I desire to retain British nationality.

Made and subscribed this

day of

(Signed)

(Signed)

before me,

A.B.,

X.Y.,

[Justice of the Peace, Commissioner, or other official title],

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