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British Nationality

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United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of her mar- riage to the man who was then her husband; and (b) that man became a British Overseas citizen at com- mencement and did not at any time in the period from commencement to the date of the application under this subsection cease to be such a citizen as a result of a declaration of renunciation; and

(c) she remained married to him throughout that period.

(2) On an application for her registration as a British Over- 10 seas citizen made within two years after commencement, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause a woman to be registered as such a citizen 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 having been married to a man to whom she is no longer married on the date of the application under this subsection; and

(b) that man became a British Overseas citizen at com-

mencement or would have done so but for his death.

PART III

26. The provisions of section 10 shall apply in relation to Renunciation. British Overseas citizens and British Overseas citizenship as

they apply in relation to British citizens and British citizenship.

PART IV

BRITISH SUBJECTS

27. A person who immediately before commencement was― Continuance (a) a British subject without citizenship by virtue of section as British

13 or 16 of the 1948 Act; or

subjects of existing (b) a British subject by virtue of section 1 of the British British

Nationality Act 1965 (registration of alien women who subjects of have been married to British subjects of certain des- certain criptions),

shall as from commencement be a British subject by virtue of 35 this section.

descriptions. 1965 c. 34.

as British

28.-(1) A person is within this subsection if immediately Continuance before 1st January 1949 he was both a citizen of Eire and a British subject.

subjects of certain former citizens of

(2) A person within subsection (1) who immediately before 40 commencement was a British subject by virtue of section 2 of Eire.

the 1948 Act (continuance of certain citizens of Eire as British subjects) shall as from commencement be a British subject by virtue of this subsection.