# British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997, Section 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);
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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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/20/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-act-1997/section-2
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