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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1928.

HONG KONG

No. 1 of 1928.

I assent.

L. S.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 44 of 1902, s. 7.

16th March, 1928.

An Ordinance to amend the Naturalization Ordinance, 1902, and to provide for the revocation of naturalization rights in certain

cases.

[16th March, 1928.j

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Naturaliza- tion Amendment Ordinance, 1928.

2. Section 7 of the Naturalization Ordinance, 1902, is repented and the following section is substituted therefor :-

cate of

tion.

Revocation 7.—(1) Where the Governor is satisfied of certifi- that certificate of naturalization granted

any naturaliza- at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance was obtained by false representation or fraud, 8 & 9 Geo. 5, or by concealment of material circumstances, c. 38, s. 1. or that the person to whom the certificate was granted has shown himself by act or speech to be disaffected or disloyal to His Majesty, the Governor shall by order revoke the certificate.

(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions the Governor shall by order revoke a certificate of naturalization granted at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance in any case in which he is satisfied that the

person to whom the certificate was granted either-

(a) has during any war which His

Majesty was engaged unlawfully traded or communicated with the enemy or with a subject of an enemy state, or been engaged in or asso- ciated with any business which was to his knowledge carried on in such manner as to assist the enemy in such war; or