PART I
1971 c. 77.
Right to registration by virtue of marriage.
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British Nationality
(2) A person shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a British citizen made (subject to subsection (3)) within six years after commencement, to be registered as such a citizen if he satisfies the Secretary of State that he
(a) was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom through- 5
out a period ending at commencement but not amount- ing to five years; and
(b) throughout the period from commencement to the date
of the application-
(i) remained ordinarily resident in the United 10 Kingdom; and
(ii) had the right of abode in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Act 1971; and
(c) had on the date of the application been ordinarily resident
in the United Kingdom for the last five years or more.
(3) If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may treat subsection (2) as if the reference to six years after commencement were a reference to eight years after commencement.
6.--(1) A woman who immediately before commencement was the wife of a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall be entitled, on an application for her registration as a British citizen made within two years after commencement, to be registered as a British citizen if
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(a) immediately before commencement she would (if she 25
had applied for it) have been entitled under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her mar- riage to the man who was then her husband; and (b) that man became a British citizen at commencement 30
and did not at any time in the period from commence- ment to the date of the application under this subsec- tion cease to be such a citizen as a result of a declara- tion of renunciation; and
(c) she remained married to him throughout that period.
(2) On an application for her registration as a British citizen made within two years after commencement, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause a woman to be registered as such a citizen if-
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(a) immediately before commencement she would (if she 40
had applied for it) have been entitled under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having been married to a man to whom she is no longer married on the date of the application under this subsection; 45 and