619989-1931-Naturalization-Regulations-1931 — Page 9

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZET IE, NOVEMBER 6, 1931.

I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King George the Fifth, His Heirs and Successors according to law."

(Signed)

Sworn and subscribed this... ....day of.......

before me,

(Signed)

X.Y..

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

(2) The oath of allegiance sworn subscribed and attested as herein directed shall in every case be endorsed on the certificate of naturalization to which it relates.

Registration of certificates of naturalization and oaths of allegiance.

13.--(1) Every certificate of naturalization granted in the United Kingdom and every oath of allegiance relating to any such certificate shall be registered in London at the Home office.

(2) Every certificate of naturalization granted in a British Possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, and every oath of allegiance relating to any such certificate, shall be registered both in London at the Home Office and in the Possession at such place as the Governor of the Possession may direct.

Proof of oath of allegiance.

14. The oath of allegiance may be proved in any legal proceedings by the produc- tion of the original certificate or any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by the Secretary of State or by any person authorised by him in that behalf or, where the oath has been administered in a British Possession, by the Governor of the Possession.

Persons before whom declarations may be made.

15. The persons before whom declarations of alienage and declarations of retention or resumption of British nationality may be made, shall be the same as the persons by whom the oath of allegiance may be administered.

Registration of declarations.

16.-(1) Every declaration of alienage and declaration of retention or resumption of British nationality, wherever made, shall be registered in London at the Home Office.

(2) Every such declaration made in a British Possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, shall also be registered at such place in the Possession as the Governor of the Possession may direct.

Fees.

17. The following fees, to which the consent of the Treasury has been obtained, may be taken and shall be applied in the manner hereinafter shown; but this regulation shall not be in force in any British Possession.