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to be registered as such a citizen if the requirements specified
in paragraph (4) below are fulfilled in the case of either that
person's father or his mother ("the parent in question").
(4)
The requirements referred to in paragraph (3) above
are
(a)
(b)
that the parent in question was a British Overseas
citizen by virtue of paragraph (2) above at the
time of the birth; and
that the father or mother of the parent in
question
(i) was a British Dependent Territories
citizen otherwise than by descent
(ii)
at the time of the birth of the
parent in question; or
became a British Dependent Territories
citizen otherwise than by descent at
the commencement of the British
Nationality Act 1981, or would have
become such a citizen otherwise than
by descent at the commencement of
that Act but for his or her death.
(5) If in the special circumstances of any particular case
the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may treat paragraph (3) above
as if the reference to twelve months were a reference to six years.
(6) A person who is a British Overseas citizen by virtue of
paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above shall cease to be such a citizen
if, in whatever circumstances and whether under the British
Nationality Act 1981 or otherwise, he acquires any other
citizenship or nationality whatever.
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