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NATIONALITY OF CHILDREN. lAfPERIAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTION. (Special to Press Association.) LONDON. August 19. The Imperial Conference resolution regarding the nationality of children is baaed on the following recommendation : In all foreign countries, a child of British parentage who at present would not possess British nationality should acquire it as from birth upon tho registration of the child at a British Consulate within .one year. Nationality so acquired should cease a year after tho child attains his majority, unless in tho meanwhile he renews tho registration. It is intendedthat the scheme shall he made retrospective, to include children of the second generation born abroad sinoe January, 1915, with a view to obtaining uniformity throughout tho Empire. Tho principle will be submitted to tho Dominion Parliaments as soon as possible.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10985, 22 August 1921, Page 5
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