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"Nobody who now has the right of abode in the United Kingdom
or a Dependent Territory would lose it by these provisions," he
explained.
The spokesman said that the main proposals for acquisition
of British Citizenship or of Citizenship of the British Dependent
Territories were:
*By birth in the territory, by descent, by registration
and by naturalisation;
*Citizenship by descent would be transmitted in the
female line as well as the male line;
There would be transmission of Citizenship only to the
first generation born abroad subject to certain
→ limited exceptions;
*A child born overseas of parents who were British
Citizens by descent would be entitled to acquire
the same citizenship after three years residence
with its parents in the United Kingdom.
Similarly
a child born overseas of parents who were Citizens
of British Dependent Territories would be entitled
to acquire British Dependent Territories Citizenship.
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