PART II
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British Nationality
(4) If in the special circumstances of any particular case the Secretary of State thinks fit, he may do either or both of the following things, namely—
(a) treat subsection (2) as if the reference to twelve months
were a reference to six years; and
(b) treat subsection (2)(b) as if the reference to five years were a reference to such shorter period as he thinks fit.
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(5) A person born outside the dependent territories shall be entitled, on an application for his registration as a citizen of 10 the British Dependent Territories made while he is a minor, to be registered as such a citizen if the Secretary of State is satisfied-- (a) that at the time of that person's birth his father or mother was a citizen of the British Dependent Terri- tories otherwise than by virtue of birth in a dependent 15 territory; and
(b) subject to subsection (6), that that person and his father and mother were in one and the same dependent territory (no matter which) at the beginning of the period of three years ending with the date of the 20 application and that, in the case of each of them, the number of days on which the person in question was absent from the last-mentioned territory in that period does not exceed 270; and
(c) subject to subsection (6), that the consent of his father 25
and mother to the registration has been signified in the prescribed manner.
(6) In the case of an application under subsection (5) for the registration of a person as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories-
(a) if his father or mother died, or their marriage was terminated, on or before the date of the application, the references to his father and mother in paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be read either as references to his father or as references to his mother; and
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(b) if his father or mother died on or before that date, the 35
reference to his father and mother in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be read as a reference to either of them; and
(c) if he was born illegitimate, all those references shall be 40
read as references to his mother.
(7) Section 3(7) shall apply for the purposes of this section.