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has no such right. The document discusses whether the law for acquiring citizenship by virtue of marriage should be altered to treat both sexes equally.
Naturalisation
The question whether there should be any change in the requirement for the grant of naturalisation, for example as to the standards of character and knowledge of the language, is discussed in the Green Paper.
Dual Nationality
The present law imposes no restriction on the holding . of dual nationality. In this the United Kingdom is much more liberal in its attitude than most other countries. It is suggested that, with the possible exception of person acquiring the nationality of a spouse, those persons who voluntarily acquire another citizenship would automatically lose British Citizenship, and those who apply for British Citizenship would be required to renounce their existing citizenship.
British Overseas Citizenship
It is suggested that British Overseas Citizenship might be conferred on those citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who were born, naturalised or registered in an existing dependency or whose fathers were so born, natural- ised or registered. This status would also be conferred on those other people who are now citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or British Protected Persons but who would not become British Citizens. As a general rule entry to a dependency would be limited to those who were British Overseas Citizens by virtue of a connection with it. And British Overseas Citizenship would not carry with it the right of entry to the United Kingdom. It would be necessar- so that British Overseas Citizenship should in the longer term be related to dependencies only, to make the rules for acquisition and transmission more restrictive than those for British Citizenship. For example, a child born outside a
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