7:51 The Secretary of State is to have a discretionary power to grant a certificate of raturalisation as a citizen of the DT to any adult person of full capacity who is at the time of application married to such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the requirements described in paragraphs 7.52 to 7.55 are met.
7.52 Except as mentioned in paragraph 7.53 below, the applicant must have been resident in a dependency for the whole of the 12 months immediately preceding the application and, in addition, must have resided in the dependency in the 4 years before that for a period or periods totalling 2 years.
7.53 The Secretary of State is to have discretion to accept shorter periods of residence than those mentioned in paragraph
7.52 above.
7.54 The requirements described in the Appendix to these Instructions regarding the quality residence for naturalisatiez are to apply to persons applying by reason of marriage, with the exception of the disallowance of a period during which the applicni was exempt from immigration control under the immigration law of the dependency concerned (paragraph 2(a) of the Appendix).
7:55
The requirements for naturalisation mentioned in paragraphe 7.44, 7.45A and 7.46 above are to apply in the case of naturaliss-
tion by reason cf marriage.