named as declarant having made the declaration at the date therein mentioned. 21. 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 the Secretary of State or by any person authorized by him in that behalf. 22. Entries in any register made in pursuance of this Act or under any Act hereby repealed may be proved by such copies and certified in such manner as may be directed by the Secretary of State, and the copies of any such entries shall be evidence of any matters, by this Act or by any Act hereby repealed, or by any regulation of the Secretary of State, authorized to be inserted in the register. 23. If any person for any of the purposes of this Act knowingly makes any false representation or any statement false in a material particular, he shall, in the United Kingdom, be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months. 24. The oath of allegiance shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule to this Act. Supplemental. 25. Nothing in this Act shall affect the grant of letters of denization by His Majesty. 26.-(1.) Nothing in this Act shall take away or abridge any power vested in, or exerciseable by, the Legislature or Government of any British Possession, or affect the operation of any law at present in force which has been passed in exercise of such a power, or prevent any such Legislature or Government from treating differently different classes of British subjects. (2.) All laws, statutes, and ordinances made by the Legislature of a British Possession for imparting to any person any of the privileges of naturalization to be enjoyed by him within the limits of that Possession shall, within those limits, have the authority of law. (3.) Where any parts of His Majesty's Dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, the expression "British Possession" shall, for the purposes of this section, include both all parts under the central legislature and each part under a local legislature: Provided that nothing in this provision shall be construed as validating any law, statute, or ordinance with respect to naturalization made by any such local legislature in any case where the central legislature possesses exclusive legislative authority with respect to naturalization. 27.—(1.) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-The expression "British subject" means a person who is a natural-born British subject, or a person to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted. The expression "alien" means a person who is not a British subject. The expression "certificate of naturalization" means a certificate of naturalization granted under this Act or under any Act repealed by this or any other Act. The expression "disability" means the status of being a married woman, or a minor, lunatic, or idiot. The expression "territorial waters" includes any port, harbour, or dock. (2.) Where in pursuance of this Act the name of a child is included in a certificate of naturalization granted to his parent, such child shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a person to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted. 28. (1.) The enactments mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule. (2.) This Act may be cited as "The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914." (3.) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1915. SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEdule. List of Dominions. The Dominion of Canada. The Commonwealth of Australia (including for the purposes of this Act the territory of Papua and Norfolk Island). The Dominion of New Zealand. The Union of South Africa. Newfoundland. SECOND SCHEDULE. Oath of Allegiance. "I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George V, his heirs and successors, according to law." The expression "alien" means a person who is not a British subject. The expression "certificate of naturalization" means a certificate of naturalization granted under this Act or under any Act repealed by this or any other Act. The expression "disability" means the status of being a married woman, or a minor, lunatic, or idiot. The expression "territorial waters" includes any port, harbour, or dock. (2.) Where in pursuance of this Act the name of a child is included in a certificate of naturalization granted to his parent, such child shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a person to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted. 28. (1.) The enactments mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule. (2.) This Act may be cited as "The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914." (3.) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1915. SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEdule. List of Dominions. The Dominion of Canada. The Commonwealth of Australia (including for the purposes of this Act the territory of Papua and Norfolk Island). The Dominion of New Zealand. The Union of South Africa. Newfoundland. SECOND SCHEDULE. Oath of Allegiance. "I, 4.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George V, his heirs and successors, according to law." Session and 42 Edw. III, c. 10 A statute made at West- The whole chapter. of May in the 42nd year 12 & 13 Will. III, The Act of Settlement In section 3 the words The Foreign Protestants The whole Act. c. 2 7 Anne, c. 5 Act, ACT of the British Parliament to amend Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907.” [4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 18.] [August 7, 1914.] WHEREAS by a Convention made at Washington in 1911, to which His Majesty was a party, an amendment was made in Article IV (a) of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, made at Paris in 1885, whereby the rights of priority conferred by that Article on persons who have applied for protection for an invention, design, or trade-mark in foreign States were extended to the legal representatives and assignees of such applicants; and it is expedient for the purpose of enabling effect to be given to the first-mentioned Convention that such amendment as hereinafter mentioned should be made in subsection (1) of section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907”¶ : Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The rights conferred by section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," on a person who has applied for protection * Vol. LX, page 267. + Vol. LX, page 291. Vol. LXXXVII, page 944. C [1914. CVIII.] § Vol. CIV, page 116. |