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In a British possession : Any Judge of any Court of civil or criminal jurisdiction, any Justice of the Peace, or any officer for the time being authorized by law, in the place in which deponent is, to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose. In any British protectorate or British protected State : Any officer for the time being authorized by law in that territory to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose. Elsewhere : Any officer in the diplomatic or consular service of His Majesty. (2.) The oath of allegiance shall be subscribed as well as taken, and the form in which the oath of'allegiance is subscribed and attested shall be as follows : — I, A. 8., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King George V, His heirs and successors, according to law. A. B. Sworn and subscribed this day of , before me, X. Y. [Justice of the Peace, Commissioner for Oaths, or other official title.] (3.) The oath of allegiance sworn, subscribed, and attested as herein directed shall in every case be endorsed on the certificate of naturalization to which it relates. (4.) The oath of allegiance may be proved in any legal proceedings by the production of the original certificate or any copy thereof certified to be a true copy by the Secretary of State or by any person authorized by him in that behalf, or, where the oath has been administered in a British possession, by the Governor of the possession. 13. The oath of allegiance shall be taken within one calendar month after the date of the certificate of naturalization to which it relates, or, in any case where the Secretary of State grants an extension of time, within such extended time as the Secretary of State may direct, and if the oath is not so taken the certificate shall be void. 14. The persons before whom declarations of alienage and declarations of resumption or retention of British nationality may be made shall be the same as the persons by whom the oath of allegiance may be administered. 15. The following fees, to which the consent of the Treasury has been obtained, may be taken and shall be applied in the manner hereinafter shown, but this regulation shall not be in force in any British possession.

Table of Fees.

Of the fee of .£3 payable on the grant of a certificate of naturalization, £1 shall be payable on the application for a certificate, and .£2 on the receipt of the decision to grant a certificate. 16. All regulations made under any enactment repealed by the Act are hereby revoked, but without prejudice to anything done thereunder. 17. These regulations may be cited as the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Regulations, 1914.

The Matter in which the Pee may be taken. The Amount of the Pee. To whom Payment of the Pee to be made. The grant of a certificate of naturalization to a woman who was a British subject previously to her marriage to an alien and whose husband has died, or whose marriage has been dissolved, and the registration of the certificate and the oath of allegiance in respect thereof The grant of a certificate of naturalization in other cases, and, the registration of the certificate and the oath of alliegance in respect thereof £ s. d. 0 5 0 Into the Exchequer in accordance with Treasury directions. The same. 3 0 0 Taking a declaration of alienage or of retention or resumption of British nationality Administering the oath of allegiance 1 J 2 6 In England or Ireland, if the declaration is taken or the oath administered by a Justice of the Peace, to the Clerk to the Justices ; and if by a Commissioner for Oaths, to the Commissioner. In Scotland, if the declaration is taken or oath administered by a Sheriff or Sheriff-substitute, to the Sheriff Clerk, or to any of his deputies; if by a Justice of the Peace, to the Clerk of the Peace or to any of his deputies. Into the Exchequer in accordance with Treasury directions. The registration of a declaration of alienage or of retention or resumption of British nationality Certified copy of any declaration or certificate with or without oath 0 10 0 0 10 0 The same.