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PART II

1964 c. 22.

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(3) A person who

British Nationality

(a) immediately before commencement was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of having been registered under subsection (6) of section 12 of the 1948 Act (British subjects before commencement 5 of 1948 Act becoming citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies) otherwise than in a dependent territory; and

(b) was so registered on an application under that sub-

section based on the applicant's descent in the male 10 line from a person (“the relevant person") possessing one of the qualifications specified in subsection (1) of that section (birth or naturalisation in the United King- dom and Colonies, or acquisition of the status of British subject by reason of annexation of territory), 15 shall at commencement become a citizen of the British Depend- ent Territories if the relevant person—

(i) was born or naturalised in a dependent territory; or (ii) became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a dependent territory.

(4) A person who-

(a) immediately before commencement was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of registration under section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1964 (resumption of citizenship); and

(b) was so registered otherwise than in a dependent ter-

ritory; and

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(c) was so registered by virtue of having an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory or, if a woman, by virtue of having been married to a 30 person who at the time of the registration had or would, if then living, have had such a connection, shall at commencement become a citizen of the British Depend- ent Territories.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) a person shall be taken 35 to have an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory if he, his father or his father's father-

(a) was born in a dependent territory; or

(b) is or was a person naturalised in a dependent territory;

or

(c) was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and

Colonies in a dependent territory; or

(d) became a British subject by reason of the annexation

of any territory included in a dependent territory.

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