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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997

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(1)A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (2) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as—

(a)a British citizen by descent; or

(b)a British citizen otherwise than by descent,

according as, immediately before becoming a British citizen, he was for the purposes of that Act a British Dependent Territories citizen by descent or a British Dependent Territories citizen otherwise than by descent.

(2)A person who is registered as a British citizen under subsection (1) of section 1 above, and satisfies the requirements of subsection (3) of that section, shall be treated for the purposes of the principal Act as a British citizen by descent.

(3)The following provisions of the principal Act shall have effect as if this Act were included in that Act, namely—

  • section 37 (Commonwealth citizenship);

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  • section 41 (regulations);

  • [F2section 42 (registration and naturalisation: citizenship ceremony, oath and pledge)];

  • [F3section 42A (registration and naturalisation: fee);

  • section 42B (registration and naturalisation: timing);]

  • section 45 (evidence);

  • section 46 (offences);

  • section 47 (legitimated children);

  • section 48 (posthumous children);

  • section 50 (interpretation);

  • section 51(3) (meaning of “citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies” in other Acts and instruments).

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