CONFIDENTIAL
Renunciation of Citizenship
100. The Bill will contain provision enabling a British Citizen to renounce
his citizenship if he either possesses, or is about to acquire, another one. The provision will be on the same lines as that contained in the present law.
Deprivation of Citizenship
101. Under the present law, a person who has acquired Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies by naturalisation or registration may be
deprived of his citizenship if his naturalisation or registration was obtained
by means of fraud, false representation, or the concealment of any material fact. A naturalised person may also be deprived of citizenship on the grounds of disloyalty or trading or communicating with the enemy in time
of war.
Before a person can be deprived of his citizenship, the Home Secretary must be satisfied that it is not conducive to the public good that that person should remain citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies. The person concerned also has a right of appeal to a committee of enquiry,
consisting of chairman possessing judicial experience and such other members as are appointed by the Home Secretary. The Government propose that the Bill should contain a similar provision.
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103.
E. CITIZENSHIP OF THE BRITISH COLONIES
General Characteristics
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104. The general nature of this citizenship has been referred to in paragraph 28 above. The Government's proposal will be that on the coming
into force of the Act it should be conferred on people with close connections with a colony. For the time being this may include both of the remaining
Associated States in the West Indies, that is Antigua and
St Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. These countries are independent of the
United Kingdom, save in a few respects of which nationality is one. It is
in the call of those to be expected that colonies becomeyindependent in the future
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