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"become an alien by or in consequence of her marriage, "shall be deemed to be a statutory alien, and may as "such at any time during widowhood obtain a certificate "of re-admission to British nationality in manner pro"vided by this Act:

"(3.) Where the father being a British subject, or the mother "being a British subject and a widow, becomes an alien "in pursuance of this Act, every child of such father or "mother who during infancy has become resident in the (6 country where the father or mother is naturalized, and "has, according to the laws of such country, become "naturalized therein, shall be deemed to be a subject of "the State of which the father or mother has become a "subject, and not a British subject:

"(4.) Where the father, or the mother being a widow, has "obtained a certificate of re-admission to British nation"ality, every child of such father or mother, who during "infancy has become resident in the British dominions "with such father or mother, shall be deemed to have "resumed the position of a British subject to all intents: "(5.) Where the father, or the mother being a widow, has "obtained a certificate of naturalization in the United Kingdom, every child 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.

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"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:

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"(4.) The form and registration of declarations of alienage:

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(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 lega

"tions:

"(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

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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 appli"cation of fees in respect of any registration authorized "to be made by this Act, and in respect of the making

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any declaration or the grant of any certificate autho"rized 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.

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"Any regulation made by the said Secretary of State in purแ suance 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 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 Regula"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:

"(2.) A certificate of naturalization 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 66 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:

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"(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 Majesty's Principal Secre"taries of State, or by any person authorized by regula

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tions as to evidence.

Saving of

letters of denization.

Saving as to British ships.

Saving of allegiance prior to expatriation.

Power of

colonies to

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Definition of terms.

"tions of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries 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.

"Miscellaneous.

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

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

"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.

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"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.

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"17. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context or subject"matter thereof,

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'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:

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"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

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"any duties imposed by this Act on an officer in the diplomatic
"service of her Majesty :

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'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
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Acts.

"18. The several Acts set forth in the first and second parts of Repeal 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:

"(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
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Here follows the schedule of repealed Acts.

TREATY OF NATURALIZATION WITH THE UNITED STATES.

(Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America relative to Naturalization. Signed at London, May 13, 1870.) [Ratifications exchanged at London, August 10, 1870.]

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland, and the President of the United States of America, "being desirous to regulate the citizenship of British subjects who "have emigrated, or who may emigrate, from the British dominions "to the United States of America, and of citizens of the United "States of America who have emigrated, or who may emigrate, from "the United States of America to the British dominions, have re"solved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named "as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, "Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United "Kingdom, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable "Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, "Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, "her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign "Affairs;

"And the President of the United States of America, John "Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister "Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to her Britannic "Majesty ;

"Who, after having communicated to each other their respective "full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon "and concluded the following articles :—

"Article I.-British subjects who have become, or shall become, "and are naturalized according to law within the United States of "America as citizens thereof, shall, subject to the provisions of "Article II., be held by Great Britain to be in all respects and for "all purposes citizens of the United States, and shall be treated as "such by Great Britain.

"Reciprocally, citizens of the United States of America who have "become, or shall become, and are naturalized according to law "within the British dominions as British subjects, shall, subject to "the provisions of Article II., be held by the United States to be in "all respects and for all purposes British subjects, and shall be "treated as such by the United States.

"Article II.-Such British subjects as aforesaid who have be"come and are naturalized as citizens within the United States, shall "be at liberty to renounce their naturalization and to resume their "British nationality, provided that such renunciation be publicly "declared within two years after the twelfth day of May, 1870.

"Such citizens of the United States as aforesaid who have become “and are naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic Majesty "as British subjects, shall be at liberty to renounce their natura"lization and to resume their nationality as citizens of the United "States, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within "two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the present con"vention.

"The manner in which this renunciation may be made and "publicly declared shall be agreed upon by the Governments of the "respective countries.

“Article III.—If any such British subject as aforesaid, natura"lized in the United States, should renew his residence within the "dominions of her Britannic Majesty, her Majesty's Government "may, on his own application and on such conditions as that Govern"ment may think fit to impose, re-admit him to the character and "privileges of a British subject, and the United States shall not, in "that case, claim him as a citizen of the United States on account of "his former naturalization.

"In the same manner, if any such citizen of the United States "as aforesaid, naturalized within the dominions of her Britannic "Majesty, should renew his residence in the United States, the "United States Government may, on his own application and on "such conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, re"admit him to the character and privileges of a citizen of the United

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