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A.D. 1867.
Ss. 1-6.

NATURALIZATION.
Ordinance No. 11.
[ACT V I I I . OF 1867;
24th May, 1867.]
To amend the Law for the Naturalization of Aliens.
Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as Ordinance No. 11
(Naturalization).
Who may
petition,
2. Any person whilst actually residing in the Colony
may present a petition to the Governor in Council, pray-
ing that the privileges of naturalization within the
Colony may be conferred upon him.
Contents of
petition.
3._(1) Such petition shall state, to' the best of the
knowledge and belief of the petitioner, his age, place of •
birth, place of residence, profession, trade or occupation,
the length of time during which he has resided within the
Colony, and that he is permanently settled in the Colony,
or is residing within the same with intent to settle
therein.
(2) Such petition shall be in writing and signed by the
petitioner, and shall be accompanied by an affidavit sworn
by him, verifying the truth of the statement contained
therein.
Further
information.
4. In considering the prayer of any such petition the
Governor in Council may require such further informa-
tion or evidence, either by affidavit or otherwise, as he
thinks fit, in addition to the affidavit accompanying the
petition.
Grant to 5 . If after such inquiry it appears expedient, the
petitioner.
Governor in Council may grant the prayer of the peti-
tioner, whereupon he shall be required to appear within
Oath of fourteen days to take the oath of allegiance prescribed in
allegiance.
schedule A before such person as is appointed by the
Governor for that purpose.

natuS."* 6 . When the oath of allegiance shall be so taken a

tion. certificate of naturalization according to the form in
schedule B shall be drawn up by the officer who has
administered the oath.
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7.—(1) The certificate of naturalization shall be signed How to be

by the Governor and given to the petitioner. ^'^°^ '
(2) A copy therepf, together with the petition and all ^^^ *° ^®
documents, affidavits, and evidence annexed thereto, shall
be filed in the office of the Colonial Secretary. • •-

8, Upon obtaining such certificate and taking and sub- ^l^^^ °^. '
scribing the oath as hereinbefore prescribed the petitioner "rlvikges
shall within the Colony be deemed a natural born subject inferred.
of His Majesty as if he had been born within the Colony,
and shall be entitled within the Colony to all the rights,
privileges and capacities of a subject of His Majesty born
within the Colony.
9. If the petitioner does not appear and take the oath when grant
of allegiance within fourteen days from the date of service *° ^^ ^°"^'
on him of notice to that effect, the grant of naturalization
shall ipso facto be null and void.

10.—(1) Where the Governor in Council is satisfied Revocation

,1 , of certificate
tnat of naturaliza-
{a) a certificate of naturalization granted by him tio°-
has been obtained by false representation or
fraud, or by concealment of material circum-
stances; or
(b) the person to whom the certificate is granted has
shown himself by act or speech to be dis-
affected or disloyal to His Majesty,
the Governor in Council shall by order revoke the
certificate.
(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions the
Governor in Council shall by order revoke a certificate of
naturalization granted by him in any case in which he
is satisfied that the person to whom the certificate was
granted either
(a) has during any war in which His Majesty is
engaged unlawfully traded or communicated
with the enemy or with the subject of an
. enemy state, or been engaged in or associated
with any business which is to his knowledge
carried on in such manner as to assist the
* enemy in such war; •
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NATURALIZATION.

(b) has within five years of the date of the grant of

the certificate been sentenced by any court to
imprisonment for a term of not less than
twelve months, or to a terni of penal servitude,
or to a fine of not less than eight hundred
dollars;
(c) was not of good character at the date of the grant
of the certificate;
{d) has since the date of the grant of the certificate
been for a period of not less than seven years
ordinarily resident out of His Majesty's
dominions otherwise than as a representative
of a British subject, firm, or company carry-
ing on business, or an institution established,
in His Majesty's dominions, or in the service
of the Crown, and has not maintained sub-
stantial connection with His Majesty's^
dominions; or
{e) remains according to the law of a state at war
with His Majesty a subject of that state;
and that, in any case, the continuance of the certificate
is not conducive to the public good.
(3) The Governor in Council may, if he thinks fit,
before making an order under this section refer the case
for such inquiry as is hereinafter specified, and in any
case to which subsection (1) or subsection (2) {a), (c) or {e)
applies, the Governor in Council shall, by notice given
to or sent to the last-known address of the holder of the
certificate, give him an opportunity of claiming that the
case be referred for such inquiry, and if the liolder so
claims in accord.ance with the notice the Governor in
Council shall refer the case for inquiry accordingly.
(4) An inquiry under this section shall be held by a
committee constituted for the purpose by the Governor
in Council, presided over by a person appointed by the
Governor in Council who holds or has held high judicial
office, and shall be conducted in such manner as the
Governor in Council may direct; provided that any such
inquiry may, if the Governor in Council thinks fit, instead
of being held as aforesaid, be held by the Supreme Court,
and be regulated by the practice and procedure of that
Court.
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NATURALIZATION.

(5) A committee appointed under this section shall

have all such powers, rights, and privileges as are vested
in the Supreme Court or in any judge thereof on the
occasion of any action, in respect of the following
matters :—
{a) enforcing the attendance of witnesses and ex-
amining them on oath, affirmation, or other-
wise, and the issue of a commission or a
request to examine witnesses abroad;
{b) compelling the production of documents; and
(c) punishing persons guilty of contempt;
and a summons signed by one or more members of the
committee may be substituted for and shall be equivalent
to any formal process capable of being issued in any action
for enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling
the production of documents.
(6) Where a person to whom a certificate of naturaliza-
tion has been granted in some other part of His Majesty's •
dominions is resident in the Colony, the certificate may be '
revoked in accordance with this section by the Governor
in Council, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State
for the Colonies or of the Government of that part of His
Majesty's dominions in which the certificate was granted.
. (7) Where the Governor in Council revokes a certificate
of naturalization, the revocation shall have effect from
such date as the Governor in Council directs, and there-
upon the certificate shall be given up and cancelled.
(8) Any person who refuses or neglects to give up his
certificate shall be liable on conviction before a District
Court to a fine not exceeding eight hundred' dollars.

11.—(1) Where a certificate of naturalization is re- Effect of

voked the Governor in Council may by order direct that ^ert°fkate°o°
the wife and minor children, or'any of them, of the person °^*^"^^ii'="'-
whose certificate is revoked shall cease to be entitled within
the Colony to the rights, privileges and capacities of a
subject of' His Majesty born within the said Colony, and
any such person shall thereupon become an alien.
(2) Except where the Governor in Council directs as
aforesaid, the nationality of tile wife and minor children
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NATURALIZATION.

of the person whose certificate is revoked shall not be

affected by the revocation, and they shall be entitled to all
the rights, privileges and capacities specified in section 8
or to remain British subjects, as the case may be.
(3) The wife of any such person may within six months
after the date of the order of revocation make a declara-
tion of alienage, and thereupon she and any minor children
of her husband and herself shall cease to be entitled to the
rights, privileges and capacities aforesaid and shall
become aliens.
(4) The Governor in Council shall not make any such
order as aforesaid in the case of a wife who was at birth
a British subject, unless he is satisfied that if she had held
a certificate of naturalization in her own right the certi-
ficate could properly have been revoked under this Ordin-
ance, and the provisions of this Ordinance as to referring
cases for inquiry shall apply to the making of any such
order as they apply to the revocation of a certificate.
(5) Where a certificate of naturalization is revoked the
former holder ther<3of shall be regarded as an alien and
as a subject of the State to which he belonged at the time
the certificate was granted.
Publication 12. Every certificate of naturalization and every order
in the Gazette.
cancelling such certificate shall be published 'in the
Gazette.

1 3 . Such fees shall be payable for the proceedings

authorized by this Ordinance as the Governor in Council
directs.

SCHEDULE A.
OATH OI ALLEGIANCE.

'^> A.B. \here state the description of the perso7i-\ do swear

lor affirm as the case ma^ &e] that I will be faithful and bear

(Signed) .4. B.
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Schedule B.
NATURALIZATION.

SCHEDULE B.
C E R T I F I C A T E OF NATURALIZATION.
No.
GOVERNMENT OF T H E STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

By His Excellency.
WHEREAS
a Native of
has applied to me the
Governor in Council stat-
ing t h a t he has resided in
the Straits Settlements for
years, t h a t it is his
intention to settle within
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, the said Settlements, and
t h a t he is desirous to
become naturalized as a British subject, and on inquiry it appears
to me, the Governor in Council, expedient to g r a n t the prayer of
the P e t i t i o n :
This is therefore to certify t h a t the said
has taken the oath of allegiance, and t h a t all the rights, privileges
and capacities of a naturalized British subject within the Colony
of the Straits Settlements have been conferred upon him under
Ordinance No. 11 (Naturalization).
By Command,
Cleric of Councils, Straits Settlements.
Council Chambers, Singapore.
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Signature of the person to whom
this Certificate of Naturaliza-
tion is granted.
I hereby certify t h a t the signature
above-written is t h a t of the above-named.
Cleric of Councils, Straits Settlements.
Singapo
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