Part II
dependent territory or, if a woman, by virtue of having been married before commencement to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.
(2) On an application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen made by a person of full capacity who had before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause that person to be registered as a British Dependent Territories citizen if that person—
- (a) has an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory; or
- (b) if a woman, has been married to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.
(3) A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion.
(4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory if he, his father or his father’s father—
- (a) was born in that territory; or
- (b) is or was a person naturalised in that territory; or
- (c) was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in that territory; or
- (d) became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in that territory.
Acquisition at commencement
Citizens of U.K. and Colonies who are to become British Dependent Territories citizens at commencement. 23.—(1) A person shall at commencement become a British Dependent Territories citizen if—
- (a) immediately before commencement he was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who had that citizenship by his birth, naturalisation or registration in a dependent territory; or
- (b) he was immediately before commencement a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and was born to a parent—
- (i) who at the time of the birth (“the material time”) was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and
- (ii) who either had that citizenship at the material time by his birth, naturalisation or registration in a dependent territory or was himself born to a parent who at the time of that birth so had that citizenship; or
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