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of the Committee of Imperial Defence held on the 30th May, 1911, in connection with the Imperial Conference of that year : — " (1) That one or more representatives appointed by the respective Governments of the Dominions should be invited to attend meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence when questions of naval and military* defence affecting the oversea Dominions are under consideration. " (2) The proposal that a Defence Committee should be established in each Dominion is accepted in principle. The constitution of these Defence Committees is a matter for each Dominion to decide." XIII. NATIONALITY QUESTIONS. Certain questions connected with the law of nationality were referred to a committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, and the Conference, on the recommendation of this committee, passed the following resolutions : — 1. Revised Draft Nationality Bill to give effect to the Recommendations of the Imperial Conference, 1923. The Imperial Conference recommends that the provisions contained in the draft of the Nationality Bill (as revised) for giving effect to the recommendations of the Imperial Conference, 1923, be approved, subject, however, to the inclusion of such further amendments as are recommended at the present Conference and to such consequential modifications as may be required. 2. Facilities for the Acquisition of British Nationality by Children of the Third Generation born abroad of British Parents during the War, and for further Time for the Registration of the Births of Children of the Second Generation born abroad. The Imperial Conference recommends the amendment of the British Nationality and States of Aliens Act, 1914(1) So as to provide facilities —by means of the registration of birth— for the acquisition of British nationality by children of the third generation born abroad of British parents during the period between the date of the commencement of the war (the 4tli August, .1914) and the 4th August, 1922 (the date when the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1922, came into operation) : (2) So as to make provision for further time for the registration, pursuant to section 1 (1) (b) (v) of the Act of 1914, of the births of children of the second generation born abroad of British parents. 3. Amendment of Section 12 (1) of the Principal Act. The Imperial Conference recommends that section. 12 (1) of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, be amended so as to remove certain doubts which have arisen in its interpretation. 4. Registration at British Consulates. The Imperial Conference recommends the amendment of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, .1914, so as to provide that a British subject by naturalization shall be under an obligation to register annually at a British Consulate while resident in a foreign country. 5. Revocation of Certificates of Naturalization. The Imperial Conference recommends that the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, be amended so as to provide power for revocation of

* The words " and air " would be required to bring the resolution up to date.

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