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(6) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) references to citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, in relation to a time before the year 1949, be construed as refer- ences to British nationality.
Renunciation and resumption
PART II
21. The provisions of sections 10 and 11 shall apply in rela- Renunciation tion to citizens of the British Dependent Territories and citizen- and ship of the British Dependent Territories as they apply in resumption. relation to British citizens and British citizenship.
Supplementary
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dent Territories shall be taken to be such a citizen "by virtue Meaning of of birth in a dependent territory " if, but only if—
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citizen of the British
(a) he was born in a dependent territory and is a citizen of Dependent the British Dependent Territories by virtue of section Territories 13 or registration under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 ;
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(b) though born outside the dependent territories, he is a citizen of the British Dependent Territories by virtue of section 14(1)(b); or
(c) though born outside the dependent territories, he is a
person so born before commencement-
(i) who was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies immediately before commencement and at commencement became a citizen of the British Dependent Territories; and
(ii) whose father was at the time of the birth serv- ing outside the dependent territories in Crown service under the government of a dependent territory or service of any description at any time designated under section 14(3), his recruitment for the service in question having taken place in a dependent ter- ritory (no matter which); or
(d) he was born in a dependent territory on or after 1st January 1949 and before commencement, and became a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at birth by virtue of section 4 of the 1948 Act (citizenship by birth); or
(e) he was born in a dependent territory before 1st January 1949, became a British subject at birth, and on 1st January 1949 became a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 12(1)(a) of the 1948 Act; or
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by virtue of birth in a dependent territory ".