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British Nationality
PART V unless at commencement the holder ceases to have the right of
abode in the United Kingdom.
Deprivation of citizenship.
37.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may by order deprive any British citizen to whom this subsection applies of his British citizenship if the Secretary 5 of State is satisfied that the registration or certificate of natu- ralisation by virtue of which he is such a citizen was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the concealment of any material fact.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any British citizen who—
(a) became a British citizen after commencement by virtue
of-
(i) his registration as a British citizen under any provision of this Act; or
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(ii) a certificate of naturalisation granted to him 15 under section 4; or
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(b) being immediately before commencement a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of regis- tration as such a citizen under any provision of the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1964, became at 20 commencement a British citizen; or
(c) at any time before commencement became a British subject (within the meaning of that expression at that time), or a citizen of Eire or of the Republic of Ireland, by virtue of a certificate of naturalisation 25 granted to him or in which his name was included.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State may by order deprive any British citizen to whom this subsection applies of his British citizenship if the Secretary of State is satisfied that that citizen-
(a) has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal or
disaffected towards Her Majesty ; or
(b) has, during any war in which Her Majesty was engaged,
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unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy or been engaged in or associated with any business 35 that was to his knowledge carried on in such a manner as to assist an enemy in that war ; or
(c) has, within the period of five years from the relevant date, been sentenced in any country to imprisonment for a term of not less than twelve months.
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(4) Subsection (3) applies to any British citizen who falls within paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection (2); and in subsection (3) "the relevant date ", in relation to a British citizen to whom subsection (3) applies, means the date of the registration by virtue of which he is such a citizen or, as the case may be, the 45