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A. INTRODUCTION
The Scope of the Bill
CONTENTS
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B.
THE NEW CITIZENSHIPS
The Response to the Green Paper
The Government's View
Eligibility for British Citizenship
Eligibility for Citizenship of the British Dependent Territories
Eligibility for British Overseas Citizenship
Other British Subjects and British Protected Persons
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C. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
British Citizenship
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Citizenship of the British Dependent Territories British Overseas Citizenship
35 36
D. BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
General Characteristics
Acquisition by Birth
Acquisition by Adoption
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Transmission by Descent
49
Acquisition by Grant of Naturalisation
58
(a) the Residential Qualifications
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(b) the Language Qualification
62
(c) the Character Requirement
63
(d) the Intention to Live in the United Kingdom
66
Acquisition by Virtue of Crown Service
69
Acquisition by Virtue of Marriage
Cessation of Entitlements to Registration
Registration of Minor Children
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A Right of Appeal
Dual Nationality
Resumption of Citizenship
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Renunciation of Citizenship
Deprivation of Citizenship
93
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E.
CITIZENSHIP OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
General Characteristics
Acquisition and Loss
Right of Entry to Dependencies
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