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British Nationality

PART III

BRITISH Overseas CitizenSHIP

Clause 23 provides that a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who does not at commencement become a British Citizen or a citizen of the British Dependent Territories shall become a British Overseas citizen.

Clause 24 gives the Secretary of State discretion to register any minor as a British Overseas citizen.

Clauses 25 preserves in a similar way to Clauses 6 and 18 the right to registration held by a woman whose husband has become a British Overseas citizen.

Clause 26 permits a British Overseas citizen to renounce his citizenship in the same way as can a British citizen under Clause 10.

PART IV BRITISH SUBJECTS

Clause 27 provides that British subjects without citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1948, and women who have been registered as British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1965, are to continue to be British subjects.

Clause 28 provides that a citizen of the Republic of Ireland who has made a claim under the British Nationality Act 1948 to remain a British subject shall continue to be a British subject, and enables a citizen of the Republic of Ireland who was a citizen of Eire and a British subject immediately before 1 January 1949 to continue to make such a claim.

Clause 29 gives the Secretary of State discretion to register any minor as a British subject.

Clause 30 continues for two years the right of a woman married before commencement to a British subject under or by virtue of Clauses 27 or 28 to be registered as such herself, pro- vided the marriage subsists.

Clause 31 enables a British subject to renounce his status in the same way as can a British citizen under Clause 10.

Clause 32 provides that a British subject (other than one by virtue of Clause 28) who acquires any other citizenship or nationality shall thereupon cease to be a British subject.

PART V-MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Clause 33 and Schedule 2 contain provisions designed to meet the United Kingdom's obligations under the 1961 United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Cmnd. 1825).