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6. (1.) A certificate of naturalization granted in a British possession, other than British India or a Dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, shall be in the same form as a certificate granted in the United Kingdom, except that instead of being signed by the Secretary of State it shall be signed by the Governor of the possession or a person acting under his authority. (2.) Where any certificate of naturalization proposed to be so granted in a British possession, having been submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval, is approved by him, his approval shall be signified by appending to the certificate a note to the following effect : — This certificate has been submitted to me for my approval and approved by me. E. F. [One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.] 7. A declaration of alienage shall be in the following form, the various alternatives being used according to the circumstances : — British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914. Declaration of Alienage. I, A. 8., of , being the son [daughter] of an alien to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted, in which certificate of naturalization, in accordance with section 5 of the above-mentioned Act, my name was included, and having attained my majority within one year before the present date [or, being a person who, by reason of my having been born within His Majesty's Dominions and allegiance, or on board a British ship, am a natural-born British subject, but who at my birth (during my minority) became under the law of a subject also of that State, and am still such a subject, and of full age and not under disability], [or, being a natural-born British subject who was born out of His Majesty's Dominions, and being of full age and not under disability], [or, having been originally a subject or citizen of , being a State with which His Majesty has by Order in Council declared that he has entered into such a convention as is mentioned in section 15 of the above-mentioned Act, and having been naturalized as a British subject] do hereby renounce my nationality as a British subject. A. B. Made and subscribed this day of , before me, X. Y. . [Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths, or other official title.] 8. A declaration of retention of British nationality under section 10 of the Act by the wife of a man ceasing during the continuance of his marriage to be a British subject shall be in the following form : — British Nationality and Status of Alien Act, 1914. Declaration of Retention of British Nationality. I, A. 8., of , being the wife of , who during the continuance of my marriage to him —namely, on the day of , nineteen hundred and —has ceased to be a British subject, hereby declare that I desire to retain British nationality. A. B. Made and subscribed this day of , before me, X. Y. [Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths, or other official title.] 9. A declaration of resumption of British nationality under section 12 of the Act, by a person who has ceased to be a British subject upon his parent ceasing during the minority of that person to be a British subject, shall be in the following form : — British Nationality and Status of Alien Act, 1914. Declaration of Resumption of British Nationality. I, A. 8., of , having ceased to be a British subject during my minority by reason of nay father [mother] having ceased to be a British subject, and having attained my majority within one year before the present date, hereby declare that I wish to resume British nationality. A. B. . Made and subscribed this day of , before me, X. Y. [Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths, or other official title.] 10. (1.) Every candidate of naturalization granted in the United Kingdom and every oath of allegiance relating to any such certificate shall be registered in London at the Home Office. (2.) Every certificate of naturalization granted in a British possession, other than British India or a dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, and every oath of allegiance relating to any such certificate, shall be registered both in London at the Home Office and in the possession at such place as the Governor of the possession may direct. 11. (1.) Every declaration of alienage and declaration of retention or resumption of British nationality, wherever made, shall be registered in London at the Home Office. (2.) Every such declaration made in a British possession, other than British India or a dominion specified in the First Schedule to the Act, shall also be registered at such place as the Governor of the possession may direct. 12. (1.) The following persons may administer the oath of allegiance : — In England or Ireland : Any Justice of the Peace or any Commissioner for Oaths. In Scotland ; Any Sheriff, Sheriff-substitute, or Justice of the Peace,