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CONFIDENTIAL

Citizen by birth in a dependency shall, if it is born

outside that dependency, be a British Overseas Citizen

by descent.

d) The child of a British Overseas Citizen who does not '

hold that status by virtue of birth in a then existing

dependency shall not acquire British Overseas Citizen-

ship save in the following circumstances:-

(i) that the Secretary of State having been

satisfied that it was born in a country which has

not ratified the Convention on Statelessness, has

been stateless from birth, and having subsequently

become ordinarily resident in a dependency or the

United Kingdom for a period of 3 years before

reaching the age of majority it shall be entitled

to be registered as a British Overseas Citizen.

(ii) that if it is the mother who is a British

Overseas Citizen and the Secretary of State is

satisfied that the child is stateless and has been

so from birth it shall be entitled to be registered

as a British Overseas Citizen.

e) The Secretary of State shall have power to register

any minor child as a British Overseas Citizen; and in

a dependency the Governor shall have power to register

any minor child whose father is a British Overseas

Citizen.

f) The Secretary of State shall have power to naturalise

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