Aliens.
314 Sect.
applicant into consideration, and may, with or without assigning any reason, give or withhold a certificate, as he thinks most conNaturaliza- ducive to the public good, and no appeal lies from his decision, but tion Act, such certificate is not to take effect until the applicant has taken 1870. the oath of allegiance (s). 3.
Under
Effect of certificate.
alien to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted entitled in the United Kingdom to all political and other rights, powers and privileges, and is subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in the IJDited
690. An
-g
this qualification, that he is not, when within the limits of the foreign state of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, deemed to be a British
Kingdom, with
subject unless he has ceased to be a subject of that state in of the laws thereof or in pursuance of a treaty to that
pursuance effect Special certificate
where
doubt
exists,
Grant to alien naturalized before 1870.
Untrue declaration.
Certificate irrevocable.
Form
ol application.
(s).
The Secretary of State may grant a special certificate of naturalization to any person with respect to whose nationality as a British g^j^jegi^ ^ doubt exists, and he may specify in such certificate that the grant thereof is made for the purpose of quieting doubts as to the right of such person to be a British subject, and the grant of such special certificate will not be deemed to be any admission that the person to whom it was granted was not previously a British subject (s). An alien who has been naturalized previous to the passing of the j^ct may apply to the Secretary of State for a certificate of naturaliza^.-^^^ under the Act, and the Secretary of State may grant such certificate to such naturalized alien upon the same terms and subject to the same conditions in and upon which such certificate might have been granted if such alien had not been previously naturalized in the United Kingdom (s). Any person wilfully and corruptly making or subscribing any declaration under the Act knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding twelve months {t). The certificate, when once granted, is irrevocable, and there is no provision in the Act for its withdrawal, even if it can be proved that it was obtained by fraudulent representations or upon false The certificate must be registered in the office of one evidence of the principal Secretaries or Under-Secretaries of State {v).
691. The application takes the form of a memorial {iv) stating ^^iq foreign state of which the applicant is a subject, his place
^j^^
(s) Naturalization Act, 1870 (33 Yict. o. 14), s. 7. Eor instructions generally and the various forms necessary for obtaining a certificate, see Encyclopaedia of Forms, Yol. IX., pp. 9 29. The instructions and forms can also be obtained on
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application to the Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. (t) Naturalization Oath Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Yict. c. 102), s. 2. {ii) Upon this point reference may be made to the Eeport of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Naturalization Laws, 1901 (Cd. 723), par. 24. {v) Naturalization Act, 1870 (33 Yict. c. 14), s. 11; Eegulations issued by the Home Office, December 28, 1886. {lu) See Encyclopsedia of Porms, Yol. IX., p. 21.
