PART I
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British Nationality
(iv) being a woman, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act by virtue of having been married to a man who at commencement became a British citizen by descent 5 or would have done so but for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renuncia- tion; or
(c) subject to subsection (2), being a woman born outside 10
the United Kingdom before commencement, she is a British citizen as a result of her registration as such a citizen under section 7 by virtue of being or having been married to a man who at commencement became a British citizen by descent or would have done so but 15 for his having died or ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declara- tion of renunciation; or
(d) he is a British citizen by virtue of registration under
section 9 who, having before commencement ceased 20 to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, would, if he had not so ceased, have at commencement become a British citizen by descent by virtue of paragraph (b); or
(e) he is a British citizen by virtue of registration under section 13 who, immediately before he ceased to be a British citizen as a result of a declaration of renuncia- tion, was such a citizen by descent; or
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(f) he is a person born in a dependent territory after com- 30
mencement who is a British citizen by virtue of para- graph 2 of Schedule 2.
(2) A person born outside the United Kingdom before com- mencement is not a British citizen "by descent" if his father was at the time of his birth serving outside the United Kingdom 35 in service of a description mentioned in subsection (3), his re- cruitment for the service in question having taken place in the United Kingdom.
(3) The descriptions of service referred to in subsection (2)
are-
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(a) Crown service under the government of the United
Kingdom; and
(b) service of any description at any time designated under
section 2(3).
British Nationality
PART II
CITIZENSHIP OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
Acquisition after commencement
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15. (1) A person born in a dependent territory after com- Acquisition
5 mencement shall be a citizen of the British Dependent Terri- by birth or
tories if at the time of the birth his father or mother is
adoption.
(a) a citizen of the British Dependent Territories; or
(b) settled in a dependent territory.
(2) A new-born infant who, after commencement, is found
10 abandoned in a dependent territory shall, unless the contrary
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is shown, be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1)————
(a) to have been born in that territory after commence-
ment; and
(b) to have been born to a parent who at the time of the birth was a citizen of the British Dependent Territories or settled in a dependent territory.
(3) A person born in a dependent territory after commence- ment who is not a citizen of the British Dependent Territories by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) shall be entitled to be registered 20 as such a citizen if, while he is a minor—
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(a) his father or mother becomes such a citizen or becomes
settled in a dependent territory; and
(b) an application is made for his registration as such a
citizen.
(4) A person born in a dependent territory after commence- ment who is not a citizen of the British Dependent Territories by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) shall be entitled, on an appli- cation for his registration as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories made at any time after he has attained the age of ten 30 years, to be registered as such a citizen if, as regards each of the first ten years of that person's life, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the number of days on which he was absent from that territory in that year does not exceed 90.
(5) Where after commencement an order authorising the 35 adoption of a minor who is not a citizen of the British Depen- dent Territories is made by a court in any dependent territory, he shall be a citizen of the British Dependent Territories as from the date on which the order is made if the adopter or, in the case of a joint adoption, one of the adopters is a citizen 40 of the British Dependent Territories on that date.
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16. (1) A person born outside the dependent territories after Acquisition commencement shall be a citizen of the British Dependent Terri- by descent. tories if at the time of the birth his father or mother-
(a) is such a citizen otherwise than by descent; or
(b) is such a citizen and is serving outside the dependent territories in service to which this paragraph applies,