British Nationality
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16.—(1) If, on an application for naturalisation as a citizen
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of the British Dependent Territories made by a person of full Acquisition by age and capacity, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the naturalisation. applicant fulfils the requirements of Schedule 1 for naturalisation
5 as such a citizen under this subsection, he may, if he thinks fit, grant to him a certificate of naturalisation as such a citizen.
(2) If, on an application for naturalisation as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories made by a person of full age and capacity who on the date of the application is married to such a 10 citizen, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the applicant fulfils the requirements of Schedule 1 for naturalisation as such a citizen under this subsection, he may, if he thinks fit, grant to him a certificate of naturalisation as such a citizen.
(3) Every application under this section shall specify the de- 15 pendent territory which is to be treated as the relevant territory for the purposes of that application; and, in relation to any such application, references in Schedule 1 to the relevant terri- tory shall be construed accordingly.
Acquisition after commencement: special cases
residence in
20 17. A person shall be entitled, on an application for his regis- Right to
tration as a citizen of the British Dependent Territories made registration within two years after commencement, to be registered as such by virtue of a citizen if he satisfies the Secretary of State that, if paragraphs dependent 2 to 5 of Schedule 1 to the Immigration Act 1971 had remained territory. 25 in force, he would (had he applied for it) have been, both at com- 1971 c. 77.
mencement and on the date of the application under this sub- section, entitled under the said paragraph 2 to be registered in a dependent territory as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
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18.-(1) A woman who immediately before commencement Right to
registration was the wife of a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
by virtue of shall be entitled, on an application for her registration as a marriage. citizen of the British Dependent Territories made within two years after commencement, to be registered as a citizen of the 35 British Dependent Territories if—
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(a) immediately before commencement she would (if she had applied for it) have been entitled under section 6(2) of the 1948 Act to be registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her marriage to the man who was then her husband; and
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