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(and does not
at present qualify them for right of abode in the UK).
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of the British Colonies.
Further details of this citizenship will be
found in paragraphs 104 to 111.7
29. The proposal to create a separate citizenship of the British Colonies
for those Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who are connected with
a colony would leave British Overseas Citizenship to be held by all those who acquired their existing citizenship in other ways. Among the people who would hold British Overseas Citizenship would be the United Kingdom passport
holders connected with the former colonies in East Africa, most of whom have
no other citizenship,, and, those in Malaysia and Singapore most of whom have citizenship of Malaysin or Singapore
as well as people whose descent from ancesters born in
distant
dual citizens;
the United Kingdom or a colony is too remote to have qualified them for
British Citizenship or Citizenship of the British Colonies No one who is a Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time the legislation
excluded from one comes into force would be left without e citizenships.
30. People holding the new citizenships would be eligible to have passports
describing them accordingly, and the British Government would be entitled to
afford consular protection to the holders of all three citizenships in accordance with international practice.
Other British Subjects and British Protected Persons
31. It is proposed to leave unchanged the status of British Subject without
Citizenship save that those who have long been settled in the United Kingdom
would be able to become British Citizens. It is also intended, as
explained in paragraph [122] that the status of Irish people who have made
claims to remain British Subjects under section 2 of the 1948 Act should
remain unaltered. The status of British Protected Person would remain,
although those settled for a long time in the United Kingdom would be
entitled, if they wish to acquire British Citizenship. Further details of these proposals are in paragraphs [35], [120] and [126].
32.
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