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 * (8) For persons entitled to enter a Borneo State by virtue of this section regulations under the Immigration Ordinance, 1959, may, as respects Certificates of Status and other matters, make special provision different from that made for citizens of the Federation.


 * (9) For purposes of this section residence shall be calculated in like manner as for the purpose of registration as a citizen of the Federation, and "child" includes in relation to a woman, an illegitimate child.

11. (1) For purposes of section 6, a citizen of the Federation shall be treated as belonging to a Borneo State if—


 * (a) he is or has within the preceding two years been a permanent resident in the Borneo State; or


 * (b) he became a citizen of the Federation in any of the following ways, that is to say,


 * (i) by operation of law on Malaysia Day in respect of his being a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies ordinarily resident in the State; or


 * (ii) by operation of law on or after Malaysia Day in respect of his birth in the Federation and of one of his parents being at the time of the birth a permanent resident in the Borneo State; or


 * (iii) by registration in respect of his being on Malaysia Day ordinarily resident in the Borneo State.


 * (2) Subject to subsection (3) a person shall not be treated for purposes of this section—


 * (a) as becoming a permanent resident in a Borneo State after not being one, until he has in a period not exceeding five years been resident in the State for periods amounting to three years; or


 * (b) as being a permanent resident in a Borneo State at any time when under federal law he requires permission to reside there and has not got permission to do so granted without limit of time.