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NATURALIZATION.

No. 44 of 1902.

991

(a) the enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining [s. 7 contd.] them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, and the issue of a commission or a request to examine witnesses abroad;

(b) the compelling the production of documents; and

(c) the punishing persons guilty of contempt,

and a summons signed by one or more members of the committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent to any formal process capable of being issued in any action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents.

(6) When the Governor revokes a certificate of naturalization the revocation shall have effect from such date as the Governor may direct, and thereupon the certificate shall be given up and cancelled, and any person refusing or neglecting to give up any such certificate shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

(7) A notification of the revocation of any certificate of naturalization shall be published in the Gazette.

(8) When a certificate of naturalization is revoked the former holder thereof shall be regarded as an alien and as a subject of the state to which he belonged at the time when the certificate was granted.

(9) It shall be lawful for the Governor, for any reason which would entitle him to revoke a certificate of naturalization granted at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance, to order that any person naturalized by any Ordinance for the naturalization of British subjects within this Colony shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony: Provided that no such order shall be made until an inquiry has been held by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) and such committee has recommended to the Governor that such order should be made. Every order made under this sub-section shall be published in the Gazette and the person to whom such order applies shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony from the date of the publication of such order in the Gazette.

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NATURALIZATION. No. 44 of 1902. 991 (a) the enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining [s. 7 contd.] them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, and the issue of a commission or a request to examine witnesses abroad; (b) the compelling the production of documents; and (c) the punishing persons guilty of contempt, and a summons signed by one or more members of the committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent to any formal process capable of being issued in any action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents. (6) When the Governor revokes a certificate of naturalization the revocation shall have effect from such date as the Governor may direct, and thereupon the certificate shall be given up and cancelled, and any person refusing or neglecting to give up any such certificate shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. (7) A notification of the revocation of any certificate of naturalization shall be published in the Gazette. (8) When a certificate of naturalization is revoked the former holder thereof shall be regarded as an alien and as a subject of the state to which he belonged at the time when the certificate was granted. (9) It shall be lawful for the Governor, for any reason which would entitle him to revoke a certificate of naturalization granted at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance, to order that any person naturalized by any Ordinance for the naturalization of British subjects within this Colony shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony: Provided that no such order shall be made until an inquiry has been held by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) and such committee has recommended to the Governor that such order should be made. Every order made under this sub-section shall be published in the Gazette and the person to whom such order applies shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony from the date of the publication of such order in the Gazette.
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NATURALIZATION. No. 44 of 1902. 991 (a) the enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining [s. 7 contd.] them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, and the issue of a commission or a request to examine witnesses abroad; (b) the compelling the production of documents; and (c) the punishing persons guilty of contempt, and a summons signed by one or more members of the committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent to any formal process capable of being issued in any action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents. (6) When the Governor revokes a certificate of naturalization the revocation shall have effect from such date as the Governor may direct, and thereupon the certificate shall be given up and cancelled, and any person refusing or neglecting to give up any such certificate shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. (7) A notification of the revocation of any certificate of naturalization shall be published in the Gazette. (8) When a certificate of naturalization is revoked the former holder thereof shall be regarded as an alien and as a subject of the state to which he belonged at the time when the certificate was granted. (9) It shall be lawful for the Governor, for any reason which would entitle him to revoke a certificate of naturalization granted at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance, to order that any person naturalized by any Ordinance for the naturalization of British subjects within this Colony shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony: Provided that no such order shall be made until an inquiry has been held by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) and such committee has recommended to the Governor that such order should be made. Every order made under this sub-section shall be published in the Gazette and the person to whom such order applies shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony from the date of the publication of such order in the Gazette.
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NATURALIZATION.

No. 44 of 1902.

991

(a) the enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining [s. 7 contd.] them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, and the issue of a commission or a request to examine witnesses abroad;

(b) the compelling the production of documents; and

(c) the punishing persons guilty of contempt,

and a summons signed by one or more members of the committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent to any formal process capable of being issued in any action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents.

(6) When the Governor revokes a certificate of naturalization the revocation shall have effect from such date as the Governor may direct, and thereupon the certificate shall be given up and cancelled, and any person refusing or neglecting to give up any such certificate shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

(7) A notification of the revocation of any certificate of naturalization shall be published in the Gazette.

(8) When a certificate of naturalization is revoked the former holder thereof shall be regarded as an alien and as a subject of the state to which he belonged at the time when the certificate was granted.

(9) It shall be lawful for the Governor, for any reason which would entitle him to revoke a certificate of naturalization granted at any time whatsoever under this Ordinance, to order that any person naturalized by any Ordinance for the naturalization of British subjects within this Colony shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony: Provided that no such order shall be made until an inquiry has been held by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) and such committee has recommended to the Governor that such order should be made. Every order made under this sub-section shall be published in the Gazette and the person to whom such order applies shall cease to be a naturalized British subject within the Colony from the date of the publication of such order in the Gazette.

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