Act.
The status of British protected persons is continued by the British protected persons and British subjects who settle in the United Kingdom will be entitled to registration as British citizens after they have spent 5 years here.
GENERAL POINTS
No one who is now a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies will be left without a citizenship, and the Act contains provisions which more than comply with the United Kingdom's obligations under the U.N. Convention on the Reduction of
Statelessness.
The Act will not adversely affect the position under the
immigration law of anyone who is lawfully settled here. The special voucher scheme under which certain United Kingdom passport holders, originally from East Africa, may be admitted to the United Kingdom for settlement, will continue.
The Act provides that where the Home Secretary is required to exercise his discretion, he shall do so without regard to the race, colour or religion of the person concerned.
Women will transmit citizenship on equal terms with men to their children born abroad after commencement. Minor children
born abroad before commencement to women born in the United
Kingdom will continue to be able to be registered as British citizens under the Home Secretary's general discretion to register minor children.
There is no general restriction on dual nationality in
the Act.
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