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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 s 2

British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 s 2

s 2 Supplementary.

(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); ... section 41 (regulations); section 42 (registration and naturalisation: citizenship ceremony, oath and pledge) ; section 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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