7.1 Such a person is also to be entitled to be registered by the Secretary of State as a citizen of the BDT if the Secretary of State is satisfied that he has been stateless from birth, that he is at least 10 and not more than 21 years old, and has been for at least 5 years before his application resident (in the sense required for naturalisation purposes see the Appendix to these Instructions) in a dependency.
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7.2
Adoption
7.21
The Bill should provide that a child in respect of whom an adoption order is made in a dependency should, while a minor, be entitled to registration by the Secretary of State as a citizen
of the BDT if the adoptive parent or, if joint, one of them is such a citizen at the time of the adoption and the adoptive parent or, if joint, both of the consent to the registration.
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7.3°
Descent
7.31
child born legitimately elsewhere than in a dependency
whose mother or father is at the time of the birth a citizen of the EDT by reason of birth in a dependency is to be a citizen of
the EDT.
7.32 A child born legitimately elsewhere than in a depende og whose mother or father is at the time of the birth a citizen ci the BUT (whether or not by reason of birth in a dependency) in