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of such father or mother who during infancy has become resident with such father or mother in any part of the United Kingdom, shall be deemed to be a naturalized British subject.

SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS.

11. One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State may by regulation provide for the following matters :—

1. The form and registration of declarations of British nationality.

2. The form and registration of certificates of naturalization in the United Kingdom.

3. The form and registration of certificates of re-admission to British nationality.

4. The form and registration of declarations of alienage.

5. The registration by officers in the diplomatic or consular service of Her Majesty of the births and deaths of British subjects who may be born or die out of Her Majesty's dominions, and of the marriages of persons married at any of Her Majesty's embassies or legations.

6. The transmission to the United Kingdom for the purpose of registration or safe keeping, or of being produced as evidence of any declarations or certificates made in pursuance of this Act out of the United Kingdom, or of any copies of such declarations or certificates, also of copies of entries contained in any register kept out of the United Kingdom in pursuance of or for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

7. With the consent of the Treasury the imposition and application of fees in respect of any registration authorized to be made by this Act, and in respect of the making any declaration or the grant of any certificate authorized to be made or granted by this Act.

The said Secretary of State, by a further regulation, may repeal, alter or add to any regulation previously made by him in pursuance of this section. Any regulation made by the said Secretary of State in pursuance of this section shall be deemed to be within the powers conferred by this Act, and shall be of the same force as if it had been enacted in this Act, but shall not so far as respects the imposition of fees be in force in any British possession, and shall not, so far as respects any other matter, be in force in any British possession in which any Act or ordinance to the contrary

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of or inconsistent with any such direction may for the time being be in force.

12. The following regulations shall be made with respect to Regulations evidence under this Act:

1. Any declaration authorized to be made under this Act may be proved in any legal proceeding by the production of the original declaration, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to give certified copies of such declaration, and the production of such declaration or copy shall be evidence of the person therein named as declarant having made the same at the date in the said declaration mentioned.

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2. A certificate of naturalization may be proved in any lega proceeding by the production of the original certificate, or of any сору thereof certified to be a true copy by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to give certified copies of such certificate.

3. A certificate of re-admission to British nationality may be proved in any legal proceeding by the production of the original certificate, or of any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by one of Her Maiesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or by any person authorized by regulations of one of Her Majesty's Principal Seretaries of State to give certified copies of such certificate.

4. Entries in any register authorized to be made in pursuance of this Act shall be proved by such copies and certified in such manner as may be directed by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the copies of such entries shall be evidence of any matters by this Act or by any regulation of the said Secretary of State authorized to be inserted in the register.

5. "The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868," shall apply to any regulation made by a Secretary of State, in pursuance of or for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the provisions of this Act.

as to evidence.

MISCELLANEOUS.

13. Nothing in this Act contained shall affect the grant of Saving of letters of denization by Her Majesty.

letters of denization.

14. Nothing in this Act contained shall qualify an alien to be Saving as to the owner of a British ship.

British ships.

Saving of allegiance

prior to expatriation.

Power of

colonies to legislate with respect to naturalization.

Definition

of terms.

Repeal of Acts.

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15. Where any British subject has in pursuance of this Act become an alien, he shall not thereby be discharged from any liability in respect of any acts done before the date of his so becoming an alien.

16. All laws, statutes and ordinances which may be duly made by the legislature of any British possession for imparting to any person the privileges, or any of the privileges of naturalization, to be enjoyed by such person within the limits of such possession, shall within such limits have the authority of law, but shall be subject to be confirmed or disallowed by Her Majesty in the same manner, and subject to the same rules in and subject to which Her Majesty has power to confirm or disallow any other laws, statutes or ordinances in that possession.

17. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context or subjectmatter thereof," Disability" shall mean the status of being an infant, lunatic, idiot, or married woman.

"British possession" shall mean any colony, plantation, island, territory or settlement within Her Majesty's dominions, and not within the United Kingdom, and all territories and places under one legislature are deemed to be one British possession for the purposes of this Act.

"The Governor of any British possession" shall include any person exercising the chief authority in such possession.

"Officer in the Diplomatic Service of Her Majesty" shall mean any Ambassador, Minister or Chargé d'Affaires, or Secretary of Legation, or any person appointed by such Ambassador, Minister, Chargé d'Affaires, or Secretary of Legation to execute any duties imposed by this Act on an officer in the Diplomatic Service of Her Majesty.

"Officer in the Consular Service of Her Majesty" shall mean and include Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul and Consular Agent, and any person for the time being discharging the duties of Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul and Consular Agent.

REPEAL OF ACTS MENTIONED IN SCHEDULE.

18. The several Acts set forth in the first and second parts of the schedule annexed hereto shall be wholly repealed, and the Acts set forth in the third part of the said schedule shall be repealed to the extent therein mentioned; provided that the repeal enacted in this Act shall not affect

1. Any right acquired or thing done before the passing of this Act,

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2. Any liability accruing before the passing of this Act.

3. Any penalty, forfeiture or other punishment incurred or to be incurred in respect of any offence committed before the passing of this Act.

4. The institution of any investigation or legal proceeding or any other remedy for ascertaining or enforcing any such liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

NOTE.-Reference is made to the repeal of the "whole Act" where portions have been repealed before, in order to preclude henceforth the necessity of looking back to previous Acts.

This Schedule, so far as respects Acts prior to the reign of George the Second, other than Acts of the Irish Parliament, refers to the edition prepared under the direction of the Record Commission, intituled "The Statutes of the Realm; printed by command of His Majesty King George the Third, in pursuance of an address of the House of "Commons of Great Britain. From original Records and authentic Manuscripts."

PART I.

Acts wholly repealed, other than Acts of the Irish

Parliament.

TITLE.

A. D., 1870

DATE.

An Act that all such as are to be naturalized or restored in 7 Jas. I., C. 2 blood shall first receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and the oath of allegiance, and the oath of supremacy.

An Act to enable His Majesty's natural-born subjects to inherit 11 Will. III, the estate of their ancestors, either lineal or collateral, notwith- c. 6, (a.) standing their father or mother were aliens.

An Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others 13 Geo. II, c.7. therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America.

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An Act to extend the provisions of an Act made in the 20 Geo. II, c. thirteenth year of His present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America," to other foreign Protestants who conscientiously scruple the taking of an oath.

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DATE.

13 Geo. III, o. 25.

14 Geo. III, c.

84.

16 Gco. III, c. 52.

6 Geo. IV, c. 67.

7 and 8 Vict., c. 66.

10 and 11 Vict., c.83

TITLE

An Act to explain two Acts of Parliament, one of the thirteenth year of the reign of His late Majesty, "for naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others, as are settled or shall settle in any "of His Majesty's Colonies in America," and the other of the second year of the reign of His present Majesty, "for naturalizing such foreign Protestants as have served or shall serve as officers or "soldiers in His Majesty's Royal American regiment or as engineers "in America."

An Act to prevent certain inconveniences that may happen by bills of naturalization.

An Act to declare His Majesty's natural-born subjects inheritable to the estate of their ancestors, whether lineal or collateral, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, notwithstanding their father or mother were aliens.

An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His Majesty King James the First, intituled "An Act that all such as are to be naturalized or restored in blood shall first receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and the oath of allegiance and the oath of supremacy."

An Act to amend the laws relating to aliens.

An Act for the naturalization of aliens.

PART II.

DATE.

14 and 15 Chas II, c. 13.

2 Anne, c. 14.

19 and 20 Geo. III, c. 29.

23 and 24 Geo. III, e. 38.

Acts of the Irish Parliament wholly repealed.

TITLE.

An Act for encouraging Protestant strangers and other to inhabit and plant in the Kingdom of Ireland,

An Act for naturalizing of all Protestant strangers in this Kingdom.

An Act for naturalizing such foreign inerchants, traders, artificers, artizans, manufacturers, workmen, seamen, farmers and others as shall settle in this Kingdom.

An Act for extending the provisions of an Act passed in this Kingdom in the nineteenth and twentieth years of His Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for naturalizing such foreign merchants, "traders, artificers, artizans, manufacturers, workmen, seamen, "farmers and others as shall settle in this Kingdom."