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Persons named in
Schedule A to be
naturalized.
Persons may be
naturalized by Pro-
clamation.
Short title.
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Act, 1854," No. 2, Sess. 2; it was among other things enacted,
that all and singular the persons who should be declared to
come within the operation of the said Act, by any Pro-
clamation to be issued by the Governor, should be
deemed and taken, until the next Session of the General Assem-
bly within the Islands of New Zealand, to be natural born
subjects of Her Majesty.
AND WHEREAS the persons particularly described in the
Schedule marked "A" hereunto annexed, have from time to time
been so declared to come within the operation of the said recited
Ordinance, and it is expedient that there should be removed
from them within the Colony of New Zealand the disabilities to
which aliens are by law subjected.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand
as follows :
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All and singular the persons who are particularly des-
cribed in the Schedule marked "A" to this Act annexed, shall
to all intents and purposes whatever within the Colony of New
Zealand, be deemed and taken to be, and to have been from the
dates set opposite their names respectively, natural born subjects
of Her Majesty, as if they had been respectively born within the
realm of England. -
And whereas there are certain other persons resident in
New Zealand whom it may be expedient to relieve from the
disabilities to which aliens are by law subject, but whose names
and descriptions have not been accurately ascertained, Be it
further enacted that all and singular the persons who shall be
declared to come within the operation of this Act by any Pro-
clamation to be issued in that behalf by His Excellency the
Governor, or Officer administering the Government, shall be
deemed and taken until the termination of the next Session of
the General Assembly to be natural born subjects of Her Ma-
jesty within the Islands of New Zealand, as fully to all intents
and purposes, as if their names had respectively been inserted in
the Schedule hereunto annexed, Provided always that every
such Proclamation shall contain the description, occupation, or
calling of the person or persons therein named, and of his or
their residence at the date of such Proclamation. -
This Act shall be entitled, and may be cited as "The
Naturalization Act, 1855."
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