CONFIDENTIAL
to be defined later. 7
h) A British Overseas Citizen who acquires another
citizenship involuntarily at birth shall not be required
to divest himself of it on reaching his majority; but
if when an adult he volunarily acquires another citizen-
ship (including British Citizenship) he shall forfeit
British Overseas Citizenship; and if while he is a
minor he acquires another citizenship he shall be
required to renounce that other citizenship within 2
years of reaching his majority, failing which he shall
lose British Overseas Citizenship.
j) An alien, British Protected Person, British Citizen
or citizen of a Commonwealth country or of the Irish
Republic who is granted British Overseas Citizenship by
naturalisation or registration shall be required to
renounce his existing citizenship; and if he acquires
British Overseas Citizenship in this way while he is a
minor he shall be required to renounce other citizenships
within 2 years of reaching his majority, failing which
his British Overseas Citizenship shall lapse.
(k) Arrangements for renunciation, deprivation and
resumption of British Overseas Citizenship to be
completed when the corresponding provisions for British
Citizenship are settled, together with arrangements for
naturalisation on grounds of Crown Service outside a
dependency_7.
NLRU Sunley House
February 1979
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