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Naturalization (Persons Born Abroad During the War) Act 1697
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V.Persons expressly named may, at any Time during the said Five Years, be admitted into Courts of Record, to take Oath of having qualified
The like Provision for Persons not expressly named; and on their so doing the same to be recorded; and on Certificate thereof, such Persons entitled to Benefits of this Act.
And for the better Manifestation and Proof of such Qualifications as may intitle the said Persons respectively to the Benefitt of this Act which in process of time may be very difficult Be it further enacted That any Person expressly named in this Act shall and may att any time dureing the said Five Yeares after his attaining the said Age of Fourteene Yeares be admitted in any of His Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster to make Proof by One or more Witnesses viva voce to be examined upon Oath that such Person did receive the Sacrament and take the Oaths according to this Act and that any Person not expressly named in this Act but intended to be naturalized by the General Words of the same shall and may att any time dureing the said Five Yeares after his or her attaining the said Age of Foureteene Yeares be admitted in any such Court to make like Proof upon Oath as well of his or her receiving the Sacrament and taking the said Oaths as alsoe that such [X1person] was borne within the times by this Act limitted of a Father or Mother that was a Natural borne Subject of this Realme and then actually in the Service of His Majesty or of His Majesty and the said late Queen as aforesaid and if any of the said Persons named or not named expressly in this Act shall make proof of such respective Qualifications as this Act requires to the Satisfaction of the said Court a Record or Memorial thereof shall be made in the said Court and hee or she shall thereupon have a Certificate or Exemplification [X1thereof] under the Seale of the said Court and for ever after upon shewing such Certificate or Exempliefycation every such Person shall have full benefitt of this Law according to the true meaning of the same.
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