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(2.) The form and registration of certificates of
naturalization in the United Kingdom:
(3.) The form and registration of certificates of
readmission to British nationality:
(4.) The form and registration of declarations of
alienage:
(5.) The registration by officers in the diplomatic
or consular service of Her Majesty of the
births and deaths of British subjects who may
be born or die out of Her Majesty's dominions,
and of the marriages of persons married at any
of Her Majesty's embassies or legations:
(6.) The transmission to the United Kingdom
for the purpose of registration or safe keeping,
or of being produced as evidence, of any
declarations or certificates made in pursuance
of this Act, out of the United Kingdom, or of
any copies of such declarations or certificates;
also of copies of entries contained in any
register kept out of the United Kingdom in
pursuance of or for the purpose of carrying
into effect the provisions of this Act:
(7.) With the consent of the Treasury, the im-
position and application of fees in respect of
any registration authorized to be made by this
Act, and in respect of the making any declara-
tion or the grant of any certificate authorized
to be made or granted by this Act.
The said Secretary of State, by a further regulation,
may repeal, alter, or add to any regulation previously
made by him in pursuance of this section.
Any regulation made by the said Secretary of State
in pursuance of this section shall be deemed to be
within the powers conferred by this Act, and shall
be of the same force as if it had been enacted in this
Act, but shall not, so far as respects the imposition of
fees, be in force in any British possession, and shall
not, so far as respects any other matter, be in force
in any British possession in which any Act or
Ordinance to the contrary of or inconsistent with any
such direction may for the time being be in force.
12. The following regulations shall be made with
respect to evidence under this Act:-
(1.) Any declaration authorized to be made
under this Act may be proved in any legal
proceeding by the production of the original
declaration, or of any copy thereof certified
to be a true copy by one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, or by any per-
son authorized by regulations of one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to
give certified copies of such declaration; and
the production of such declaration or copy
shall be evidence of the person therein named
as declarant having made the same at the
date in the said declaration mentioned:
(2.) 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 one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or by
any person authorized by regulations of one of
Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
to give certified copies of such certificate:
(3.) A certificate of readmission to British
nationality may be proved in any legal pro-
ceeding by the production of the original
certificate, or of any copy thereof certified to
be a true copy by one of Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State, or by any person
authorized by regulations of one of Her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to
give certified copies of such certificate:
(4.) Entries in any register authorized to be
made in pursuance of this Act shall be proved
by such copies, and certified in such manner as may be directed by one of Her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State; and the copies
of such entries shall be evidence of any matters
by this Act or by any regulation of the said
Secretary of State authorized to be inserted in
the register:
(5.) "The Documentary Evidence Act, 1868,"
shall apply to any regulation made by a
Secretary of State, in pursuance of or for the
purpose of carrying into effect any of the
provisions of this Act.

Miscellaneous.

13. Nothing in this Act contained shall affect the
    grant of letters of denization by Her Majesty.
14. Nothing in this Act contained shall qualify an
    alien to be the owner of a British ship.
15. Where any British subject has in pursuance
    of this Act become an alien, he shall not thereby be
    discharged from any liability in respect of any acts
    done before the date of his so becoming an alien.
16. All laws, statutes, and ordinances which may
    be duly made by the Legislature of any British pos-
    session for imparting to any person the privileges
    or any of the privileges of naturalization, to be
    enjoyed by such person within the limits of such
    possession, shall within such limits have the authority
    of law, but shall be subject to be confirmed or dis-
    allowed by Her Majesty, in the same manner and
    subject to the same rules in and subject to which Her
    Majesty has power to confirm or disallow any other
    laws, statutes, or ordinances in that possession.
17. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context
    or subject-matter thereof, —
    "Disability" shall mean the status of being an
    infant, lunatic, idiot, or married woman:
    "British possession" shall mean any colony,
    plantation, island, territory, or settlement
    within Her Majesty's dominions, and not
    within the United Kingdom; and all territories
    and places under one Legislature are deemed
    to be one British possession for the purposes
    of this Act:
    "The Governor of any British possession" shall
    include any person exercising the chief
    authority in such possession:
    "Officer in the diplomatic service of Her
    Majesty" shall mean any Ambassador, Minis-
    ter, or Chargé d'Affaires, or Secretary of
    Legation, or any person appointed by such
    Ambassador, Minister, or Chargé d'Affaires,
    or Secretary of Legation to execute any duties
    imposed by this Act on an officer in the
    diplomatic service of Her Majesty:
    "Officer in the consular service of Her
    Majesty" shall mean and include Consul-
    General, Consul, Vice-Consul, and Consular
    Agent, and any person for the time being
    discharging the duties of Consul-General,
    Consul, Vice-Consul, and Consular Agent.

Repeal of Acts mentioned in Schedule.
18. The several Acts set forth in the First and
Second Parts of the Schedule annexed hereto shall
be wholly repealed, and the Acts set forth in the
Third Part of the said Schedule shall be repealed to
the extent therein mentioned; provided that the
repeal enacted in this Act shall not affect—
(1.) Any right acquired or thing done before
the passing of this Act:
(2.) Any liability accruing before the passing of
this Act:
(3.) Any penalty, forfeiture, or other punish-
ment incurred or to be incurred in respect of
any offence committed before the passing of
this Act: