(St. R. & O. Revised to December 31, 1903.) ALIEN. 1. Declaration of Alienage, p. 1. | 2. Regulations, p. 2. 1. Declarations of Alienage. ORDER IN COUNCIL DECLARING THAT A CONVENTION AS TO DECLARATIONS OF ALIENAGE HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of August, 1870. PRESENT: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by the Naturalization Act, 1870,* it is enacted that, where Her Majesty has entered into a Convention with any Foreign State, to the effect that the subjects or citizens of that State who have been naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves of their status as such subjects, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to declare that such Convention has been entered into by Her Majesty; and from and after the date of such Order in Council, any person being originally a subject or citizen of the State referred to in such Order, who has been naturalized as a British subject, may, within such limit of time as may be provided in the Convention, make a declaration of alienage; and from and after the date of his so making such declaration, such person shall be regarded as an alien, and as a subject of the state to which he originally belonged as aforesaid. And whereas, on or about the thirteenth day of May last past, a Conventiont between Her Majesty and the President of the United States of America was duly signed at London, the ratifications whereof were duly exchanged at London the tenth day of August instant, whereby the subjects or citizens of the United States of America who have been naturalized as British subjects are at liberty to renounce their naturalization, and divest themselves of their status as such British subjects, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the said Convention. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth hereby declare that Her Majesty has entered into a Convention with the said United States of America, to the effect that the subjects or citizens of those States who have been naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves of their status as such subjects. 2. Regulations. REGULATIONS MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, AND CIRCULATED WITH DESPATCH OF FEBRUARY 2, 1871, AS TO THE FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF RE-ADMISSION TO BRITISH NATIONALITY. In exercise of the powers contained in the Naturalization Acts, 1870,* I, the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, make the following regulation: Form. The form of certificate of re-admission to British nationality shall be as follows: Naturalization Acts, 1870. Certificate of re-admission to British nationality (to be granted by the Governor of any British possession). Whereas A.B. has presented to me, C.D., the Governor of a memorial praying for a certificate of re-admission to British nationality, and alleging that he was a natural born British subject, and that he became an alien by being naturalized as a subject [or citizen] of G.H.,† 18 day of that on the he is and that in the period of eight years preceding his application he has resided for five years within the United Kingdom [or within the said colony, or has been for five years in the service of the Crown as 1, and intends, if he receives the Certificate of Re-admission to British Nationality for which he prays, to reside in the United Kingdom [or in the said Colony or to serve under the Crown]; and whereas I have inquired into the circumstances of the case, and have received such evidence as I have deemed necessary for proving the truth of the allegations contained in such memorial; and whereas the said A.B. has taken the oath of allegiance; now, in pursuance of the authority given to me by the said Acts, I grant to the aforesaid A.B. this certificate, and declare that, as from the date of this certificate, but not in respect of any previous transaction, he is hereby re-admitted to the status of a British subject; with + Where the applicant is a widow, the form must be modified accordingly, and recite the allegation in the memorial that the applicant became an alien by marriage with her late husband, L.M., a subject [or citizen] of G.H. * 33 & 34 Vict. cc. 14, 102. this qualification that, within the limits of the foreign State In witness whereof, I have here to subscribed my name, 18 REGULATIONS, DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1872, MADE BY THE SECRE- * In exercise of the powers contained in the Naturalization Acts, 1870, I, the Right Honourable Henry Austin Bruce, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, make the following regulations: Forms. I. The form of declarations made in pursuance of the said Acts shall be respectively as follow: - I, A.B., of Naturalization Acts, 1870. address. Declaration of Alienage by a Naturalized British Subject. having been naturalized as a British Insert subject on the of , 18, do hereby, under the provisions of the Order of Her Britannic Majesty in Council of the and of the treaty between Great Britain and C.D., renounce my naturalization as a British subject, and declare that it is my desire to resume my nationality as a subject [or citizen] of C.D. I, A.B., of Dominions. being held by the common law of Insert Great Britain to be a natural-born subject of Her Britannic address. Majesty by reason of my having been born within Her 33 & 31 Vict. cc. 14, 102. The amending Regulations of 1886 are printed at length in Statutory Rules and Orders Revised (1st Edition), vol. 1, p. 9. Majesty's dominions, and being also held by the law of C.D. to have been at my birth, and to be still, a subject [or citizen] of C.D., hereby renounce my nationality as a British subject, and declare that it is my desire to be considered and treated as a subject [or citizen] of C.D. Insert address. Naturalization Acts, 1870. Declaration of Alienage by a Person who is by origin a British Subject. I, A.B., of having been born out of Her Britannic Majesty's dominions, of a father being a British subject, do hereby renounce my nationality as a British subject. Insert address, Britannic Majesty, and having voluntarily become naturalized as a subject [or citizen] of C.D., on the , being a natural-born subject of Her desire to be Note. The Act of Parliament under which this declaration is made provides that the declarant "shall not, when within "the limits of the foreign State in which he has been naturalized, be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has "ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect." II. The forms of certificates granted in pursuance of the said Acts shall be respectively as follow: Naturalization Acts, 1870. Certificate of Naturalization to an Alien. Secretary of State's Office, Whitehall. has Whereas A.B., an alien, now residing at presented to me, the Right Honourable E.F., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a memorial, praying for a certificate of naturalization, and alleging that he is [particulars according to the "Instructions"], and that in the period of eight years preceding his application he has resided for five years within the United Kingdom [or has been for five years in the service of the Crown as and intends, when naturalized, to reside in the United Kingdom [or to serve under the Crown]; and whereas I have inquired into the circumstances of the case, and have received such evidence as I have deemed necessary for proving the truth of the allegations contained in such memorial, [so far as the same relate to the memorialist],* now, in pursuance of the authority given to me by the said Acts, I grant to the aforesaid A.B. this certificate, and declare that he is hereby naturalized as a British subject, and that, upon taking the oath of allegiance, he shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom; with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject, be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject [or citizen] of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect. In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this day of 18 . Certificate of Naturalization under the Acts of 1870 to an Alien naturalized under the Act of 1844. Secretary of State's Office, Whitehall. Whereas A.B., an alien, now residing at has presented to me, the Right Honourable E.F., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a memorial praying for a certificate of naturalization under the Naturalization Acts, 1870, and alleging that he was naturalized in the United Kingdom in pursuance of the Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 66,† on the 18 that he was originally a day The words in brackets were added by the Amending Regulation of March, + Repealed by the Naturalization Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 14). |