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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

PART I.
BRITISH NATIONALITY.
Section.
i. British nationality by virtue of citizenship.
2. Continuation of certain citizens of Eire as British subjects.
3. Limitation of criminal liability of citizens of countries
mentioned in s. 1 (3) and Eire. Status of citizens of
Eire and British protected persons.
PART II.
CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES.
Citizenship by birth or descent.
4. Citizenship by birth.
5. Citizenship by descent.
Citizenship by registration.
6. Registration of citizens of countries mentioned in s. 1 (3) or
of Eire and wives of citizens of the United Kingdom and
Colonies.
7. Registration of minors.
8. Registration in countries mentioned in s. I (3), colonies, etc.
9. Effect of registration as a citizen.
Citizenship by naturalisation.
io. Naturalisation of aliens and British protected persons.
Citizenship by incorporation of territory.
ii. Power to specify citizens by Order in Council on incorpora-
tion of territory.
Transitional.
12. British subjects before commencement of Act becoming
citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies.
13. British subjects whose citizenship has not been ascertained
at the commencement of this Act.
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Section.
14. Women who have ceased to be British subjects by reason
of marriage.
15. Persons who have ceased to be British subjects by failure
to make declaration of retention of British Nationality.
16. Persons who have ceased to be British subjects on loss of
British nationality by parent.
17. Registration of births occurring before commencement of
Act.
18. Applications for naturalisation pending at the commence-
ment of Act.

Renunciation and Deprivation of citizenship.

ig. Renunciation of citizenship by reason of dual citizenship or
nationality.
20. Deprivation of citizenship.
21. Deprivation of citizenship of United Kingdom and Colonies
where persons deprived of citizenship elsewhere.
22. Deprivation in colonies and other territories.

PART III.
SUPPLEMENTAL.
23. Legitimated children.
24. Posthumous children.
25. Certificate of citizenship in case of doubt.
26. Discretion of Secretary of State, Governor or High Commis-
sioner.
27. Evidence.
28. Offences.
29. Orders in Council, regulations and rules.
30. Protectorates and protected states.
31. Assimilation of status of natural-born and other British
subjects under existing enactments.
32. Interpretation.
33. Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
34. Short title, commencement and repeal.
SCHEDULES:-
First Schedule.-Oath of allegiance.
Second Schedule.-Qualifications for naturalisation.
Third Schedule.-British subjects without citizenship
under section thirteen of this Act.
Fourth Schedule.-Enactments repealed.
Part I.-Enactments relating to natural-born British
subjects.
Part II.-Other enactments.

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CHAPTER 56.
An Act to make provision for British nationality and
for citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies
and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[3oth July 1948.]
E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and
13 with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
PART I.
BRITISH NATIONALITY.
1.-(i) Every person who under this Act is a citizen of the British
United Kingdom and Colonies or who under any enactment for nationalityof
the time being in force in any country mentioned in subsection (3) cytwhip
of this section is a citizen of that country shall by virtue of that
citizenship have the status of a British subject.
(2) Any person having the status aforesaid may be known
either as a British subject or as a Commonwealth citizen ; and
accordingly in this Act and in any other enactment or instrument
whatever, whether passed, or made before or after the commence-
ment of this Act, the expression " British subject " and the
expression " Commonwealth citizen " shall have the same
meaning.'
(3) The following are the countries hereinbefore referred to,
that is to say, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of
South Africa, Newfoundland, India, Pakistan, Southern Rhodesia
and Ceylon.
2.-(1) Any citizen of Eire who immediately before the Continuance of certain
commencement of this Act was also a British subject shall not by
reason of anything contained in section one of this Act be deemed B ens Eire
fish
to have ceased to be a British subject if at any time he gives notice subjects.
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PART I. in writing to the Secretary of State claiming to remain a British

-cant. subject on all or any of tha following grounds, that is to say-
(a) that he is or hasbeen in Crown service under His Majesty's
government, in the United Kingdom ;
(b) that he is the holder of a British passport issued by His
Majesty's government in the United Kingdom or the
government of any colony, protectorate, United King-
dom mandated territory or United Kingdom trust
territory ;
(c) that he has associations by way of descent, residence or
otherwise with the United Kingdom or with any colony
or protectorate or any such territory as aforesaid.
(2) A claim under the foregoing subsection may be made on
behalf of a child who has not attained the age of sixteen years by
any person who satisfies the Secretary of State that he is a parent
or guardian of the child.
(3) If by any enactment for the time being in force in any
country mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act
provision corresponding to the foregoing provisions of this
section is made for enabling citizens of Eire to claim to remain
British subjects, any person who by virtue of that enactment is
a British subject shall be deemed also to be a British subject by
virtue of this section.
Limitation 3.-(1) A British subject or citizen of Eire who is not a
of criminal citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall not be guilty
liability the United Kingdom
of citizens of of an offence against the laws of any part of
countries and Colonies or of any protectorate or United Kingdom trust
mentioned territory by reason of anything done or omitted in any country
in s. i (3) mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act or in Eire
and Eire. or in any foreign country, unless-
Status of
citizens of Eire (a) the act or omission would be an offence if he were an
and British alien ; and
protected
persons. (b) in the case of an act or omission in any country mentioned
in subsection (3) of section one of - this Act or in Eire,
it would be an offence if the country in which the act
is done or the omission made were a foreign country :
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply to the
contravention of any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts,
1894 to 1948.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, any law in force
in any part of the United Kingdom and Colonies or irl any
protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory at.the date of
the commencement of this Act, whether by virtue of a rule of
law or of an Act of Parliament or any other enactment or
instrument whatsoever, and any law which by virtue of any Act
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of Parliament passed before that date comes into force in any PART 1
such place as aforesaid on or after that date, shall, until -cont.
provision to the contrary is made by the authority having power
to alter that law, continue to have effect in relation to citizens
of Eire who are not British subjects in like manner as it has
effect in relation to British subjects.
(3) In the Aliens Restriction Acts, 1914 and 1919, and in any
order made thereunder the expression " alien " shall not include
a British protected person.

PART II_

CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES.

Citizenship by birth or descent.

4. Subject to the provisions of this section, every person Citizenship
born within the United Kingdom and Colonies after the com- by birth.
mencement of this Act shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies by birth :
Provided that a person shall not be such a citizen by virtue
of this section if at the time of his birth-
(a) his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal
process as is accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign
power accredited to His Majesty, and is not a citizen
of the United Kingdom and Colonies ; or
(b) his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in
a place then under occupation by the enemy.

5.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person born Citizenship

after the commencement of this Act shall be a citizen of the by descent.
United Kingdom and Colonies by descent if his father is a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the
birth :
Provided that if the father of such a person is a citizen of
the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent only, that person
shall not be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by
virtue of this section unless-
(a) that person is born or his father was born in a protect-
orate, protected state, mandated territory or trust
territory or any place in a foreign country where by
treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, or other
lawful means, His Majesty then has or had jurisdiction
over British subjects ; or
(b) that person's birth having occurred in a place in a foreign
country other than a place such as is mentioned in
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PART II. the last foregoing paragraph, the birth is registered

-cont. at a United Kingdom consulate within one year of its
occurrence, or, with the permission of the Secretary
of State, later ; or
(c} that person's father is, at the time of the birth, in Crown
service under His Majesty's government in the United
Kingdom ; or
(d) that person is born in any country mentioned in sub-
section (3) of section one of this Act in which a citizen-
ship law has then taken effect and does not become
a citizen thereof on birth.
(2) If the Secretary of State so directs, a birth shall be deemed
for the purposes of this section to have been registered with his
permission notwithstanding that his permission was not obtained
before the registration.

Citizenship by registration.
Registration 6.-(I) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section,
of citizens a citizen of any country mentioned in subsection (3) of
of countries
mentioned in section one of this Act or a citizen of Eire, being a person of full
s. r (3) or age and capacity, shall be entitled, on making application therefor
of Eire and to the Secretary of State in the prescribed manner, to be registered
wives of as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies if he satisfies
citizens of the Secretary of State either-
the United
Kingdom (a) that he is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and
and Colonies. has been so resident throughout the period of twelve
months, or such shorter period as the Secretary of State
may in the special circumstances of any particular case
accept, immediately preceding his application ; or
(b) that he is in Crown service under His Majesty's govern-
ment in the United Kingdom.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, a
woman who has been married to a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies shall be entitled, on making application therefor to
the Secretary of State in the prescribed manner, and, if she is a
British protected person or an alien, on taking an oath of allegi-
ance in the form specified in the First Schedule to this Act, to be
registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies,
whether or not she is of full age and capacity.
(3) A person who has renounced, or has been deprived of,
citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies under this Act
shall not be entitled to be registered as a citizen thereof under
this section, but may be so registered with the approval of
the Secretary of State.
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7.-(1) The Secretary of State may cause the minor child of PART Ii.
any citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies to be registered -cow.
as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies upon application Registration
made in the prescribed manner by a parent or guardian of the of minors.
child.
(2) The Secretary of State may, in such special circumstances
as he thinks fit, cause any minor to be registered as a citizen
of the United Kingdom and Colonies:

8.-(1) The functions of the Secretary of State under the last Registration in
two foregoing sections shall in any colony, protectorate or United countries
Kingdom trust territory be exercised by the Governor ; and mentioned
in s. z (3),
those sections shall, in their application to any colony, pro- colonies, etc.
tectorate or United Kingdom trust territory, have effect as. if for
references therein to the Secretary of State there were substituted
references to the Governor, and as if for the reference in the first
of the said sections to ordinary residence in 'the United Kingdom
there were substituted a reference to ordinary residence in that
colony, protectorate or territory as the case may be.
(2) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the
exercise in any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section
one of this Act of any of his functions under the last two fore-
going sections by the High Commissioner for His Majesty's
government in the United Kingdom.

9. A person registered under any of the last three foregoing Effect of

sections shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies registration
by registration as from the date on which he is registered. as a citizen.

Citizenship by naturalisation.
10.-(i) The Secretary State may, if application therefor Naturalisation
of.
is made to him in the prescribed manner by any alien or British of aliens and
protected person of full age and capacity who satisfies him that he British
is qualified under the provisions of" the Second Schedule to protected pens.
this Act for naturalisation, grant to him a certificate of naturalisa-
tion ; and the person to whom the certificate is granted shall, on
taking an oath of allegiance in the form specified in the First
Schedule to this Act, be a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies by naturalisation as from the date on which that
certificate is granted.
(2) The functions of the Secretary of State under the last
foregoing subsection shall in any colony, protectorate or United
Kingdom trust territory be exercised by the Governor ; but he
shall not grant a certificate of naturalisation except with the
approval of the Secretary of State.
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PAItT II. Citizenship by incorporation of territory.

-cont.
Power to 11. If any territory becomes a part of the United Kingdom
specify and Colonies, His Majesty may by Order in Council specify the
citizens persons who shall be citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies
by Order in by reason of their connection with that territory ; and those
Council on persons shall be citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies as
incorporation
of territory. from a date to be specified in the Order.
Transitional.
British 12.-(1) A person who was a British subject immediately before
subjects before the date of the commencement of this Act shall on that date
commence- become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies if he
meet of Act
becoming possesses any of the following qualifications, that is to say-
citizens of (a) that he was born within the territories comprised at the
United commencement of this Act in the United Kingdom and
Kingdom
and Colonies. Colonies, and would have been such a citizen if section
four of this Act had been in force at the time of his
birth ;
(b) that he is a person naturalised in the United Kingdom
and Colonies ;
(c) that he became a British subject by reason of the annexa-
tion of any territory included at the commencement of
this Act in the United Kingdom and Colonies.
(2) A person who was a British subject immediately before the
date of the commencement of this Act shall on that date become a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies if at the time of his
birth his father was a British subject and possessed any of the
qualifications specified in the last foregoing subsection.
(3) A person who was a British subject immediately before the
date of the commencement of this Act shall on that date become
a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies if he was born
within the territory comprised at the commencement of this
Act in a protectorate, protected state or United Kingdom trust
territory.
(4) A person who was a British subject immediately before the
date of the commencement of this Act and does not become a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of any of
the foregoing provisions of this section shall on that date become
such a citizen unless-
(a) he is then a citizen of any country mentioned in sub-
section (3) of section one of this Act under a citizenship
law having effect in that country, or a citizen of Eire
or
fib) he is then potentially a citizen of any country mentioned
in subsection (3) of section one of this Act.
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(5) A woman who was,ca British subject immediately before PARTII.

the date of the commencement of this Act and has before that -cont.
date been married to a person who becomes, or would but for his
death have become, a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies by virtue of any of the foregoing provisions of this
section shall on that date herself become such a citizen.
(6) If any person of full age and capacity who would have
become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies on the
date of the commencement of this Act by virtue of subsection (4)
of this section but for his citizenship or potential citizenship of
any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this
Act makes application to the Secretary of State in the prescribed
manner before the first day of January nineteen hundred and
fifty for the registration of himself and any of his minor children
as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and on such
application satisfies the Secretary of State-
(a) that he is descended in the male line from a person
possessing any of the qualifications specified in sub-
section (i) of this section ; and
(b) that he intends to make his ordinary place of residence
within the United Kingdom and Colonies,
then, if it seems to the Secretary of State fitting that that person
should by reason of his close connection with the United Kingdom
and Colonies become a citizen thereof, the Secretary of State
may cause him, and any minor children to whom the application
relates, to be registered as such ; and that person, and any such
minor children as aforesaid, shall thereupon become citizens of
the United Kingdom and Colonies.
(7) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the
exercise in any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section
one of this Act of any of his functions under the last foregoing
subsection by the High Commissioner for His Majesty's govern-
ment in the United Kingdom.
(8) A male person who becomes a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies by virtue only of subsection (2), (4) or (6) of this
section shall be deemed for the purposes of the proviso to sub-
section (i) of section five of this Act to be a citizen of the United
Kingdom and Colonies by descent only.
13.-(1) A person who was a British subject immediately British
before the date of the commencement of this Act and is at that subjects whose
date potentially a citizen of any country mentioned in sub- citizenship
has not been
section (3) of section one of this Act, but is not at that date a ascertained
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or of any country at the corn-
mentioned in that subsection or of Eire, shall as from that date mencement
remain a British subject without citizenship until he becomes a of this Act.
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a citizen of any
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PART II, country mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act,
-cont. a citizen of Eire or an alien ; and the provisions of the Third
Schedule to this Act shall have effect in relation to a person
who remains a British subject without citizenship by virtue of
this section.
(2) A person remaining a British subject without citizenship
as aforesaid shall become a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies on the day on which a citizenship law has taken effect
in each of the countries mentioned in subsection (3) of section
one of this Act of which he is potentially a citizen, unless he then
becomes or has previously become a citizen of any country
mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act, or has
previously become a citizen of *the United Kingdom and Colonies,
a citizen of Eire or an alien.
(3) A male person who becomes a, citizen of the United
Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of the last foregoing subsection
shall be deemed for the purposes of the proviso to subsection (1)
of section five of this Act to be a citizen thereof by descent only.
Women who 14. A woman who, having before the commencement of this
have ceased Act married any person, ceased on that marriage or during the
to be British
subjects by continuance thereof' to be a British subject shall be deemed
reason of for the purposes of this Act to have been a British subject
marriage. immediately before the commencement of this Act.
Persons who 15.-(1) Where any person whose British nationality depended
have ceased to upon his birth having been registered at a consulate of His
British
subjects by Majesty has, under any enactment in force at any time before
failure to make the commencement of this Act, ceased to be a British subject
declaration by reason of his failure to make a declaration of retention of
of retention British nationality after becoming of full age, that person shall,
of British
nationality..
he would but for that failure have been a British qubject
immediately before the commencement of this Act, be deemed
for the purposes of this Act then to have been a British subject.
(2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether
a woman who has married an alien would but for her failure to
make a declaration of retention of British nationality have been
a British subject immediately before the commencement of this
Act the marriage shall be disregarded.
Persons who 16.-(1) This section shall apply to any person who-
have ceased
to be British (a) ceased to be a British subject under the provisions of
subjects on subsection (1) of section twelve of the British Nation-
loss of ality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 (which provided,
British subject to certain exceptions, that where a person being
nationality by
parent. a British subject ceased to be such, whether by declara-
4 & 5 Geo. 5. tion of alienage or otherwise, every child of that person
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being a minor should thereupon cease to- be a British PART II.

subject), and --cont.
would but for the provisions of that subsection have
(v)
been either a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
or a British subject without citizenship under section
thirteen of this Act ;
and in determining for the purposes of this section whether a
woman who has married an alien would but for those provisions
have been such a citizen or subject the marriage shall be
disregarded.
(2) If any person to whom this section applies makes a
declaration in the prescribed manner, within one year after the
commencement of this Act or after his attaining the age of
twenty-one years, whichever is later, or such longer period as the
Secretary of State may allow, of his intention to resume British
nationality, the Secretary of State shall cause the declaration
to be registered ; and thereupon that person shall become a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or, as the case
may be, a British subject without citizenship ; and if he becomes
a British subject without citizenship section thirteen of this Act
shall apply to him accordingly.

17. Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of the British Registration

Nationality and-Status of Aliens Act, 1943, the birth of a person of births
born before the date of the commencement of this Act may be occurring
before
registered after that date at a consulate of His Majesty as defined m re com
in that Act ; and if the birth is registered in the circumstances of Act.
specified in subsection (2) of section one of that Act, that person 6 & 7 Geo. 6.
shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been a British C. T4
subject immediately before the commencement of this Act.

18.-(1) Any application for a certificate of naturalisation, or Applications

for the inclusion of the name of a child in a certificate of natural- for
isation, made before the date of the.commencement of this Act naturalisation ce--the
but not granted at that date may be treated as if- it were an comin
application for a certificate of naturalisation or for the registra- went of Act.
tion of a minor child as a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies under this Act if the Secretary of State, or the
Governor or other person to whom the application is made, is
satisfied that the person to whom the application relates is
qualified therefor.
(2) Where a certificate of naturalisation has been granted
before, and the applicant takes the oath of allegiance after, the
commencement of this Act, the certificate shall be deemed for
the purposes of this Act to have taken effect immediately before
the commencement of this Act.
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PART II. Renunciation and Deprivation of citizenship.

-cont. 19.-(1) If any citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
Renunciation
of citizenship of full age and capacity who is also-
by reason (a) a citizen of any country mentioned in subsection (3)
of dual of section one of this Act or of Eire ; or
citizenship (b) a national of a foreign country,
or nationality.
makes a declaration in the prescribed manner of renunciation
of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, the Secretary
of State shall cause the declaration to be registered ; and, upon
the registration, that person shall cease to be a citizen of the
United Kingdom and Colonies :
Provided that the Secretary of State may withhold registration
of any such declaration if it is made during any war in which
His Majesty may be engaged by a person who is a national of
a foreign country.
(2) For the purposes of this section, any woman who has
been married shall be deemed to be of full age.
Deprivation 20.-(1) A citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who is
of citizenship. such by registration (including a person registered under sub-
section (6) of section twelve of this Act) or is a naturalised
person shall cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies if he is deprived of that citizenship by an order of the
Secretary of State made under this or the next following section.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of
State may by order deprive any such citizen of his citizenship if
he is satisfied that the registration or certificate of naturalisation
was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the
concealment of any material fact.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of
State may by order deprive any citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies who is a naturalised person of that citizenship if
he is satisfied that that citizen-
(a) has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal or
disaffected towards His Majesty ; or
(b) has, during any war in which His Majesty was engaged,
unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy or
been engaged in or associated with any business that
was to his knowledge carried on in such a manner as
to assist an enemy in that war ; or
(c) has within five years after becoming naturalised been
sentenced in any country to imprisonment for a term
of not less than twelve months.
(4) The Secretary of State may by order deprive any person
naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies of his citizen-
ship of the United Kingdom and Colonies if he is satisfied that
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that person has been ordinarily resident in foreign countries for PARTII.
a continuous period of seven years and during that period has -cont.
neither-
(a) been at any time in the service of His Majesty or of an
international organisation of which the government of
any part of His Majesty's dominions was a member ;
nor
(b) registered annually in the prescribed manner at a United
Kingdom consulate his intention to retain his citizenship
of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
(5) The Secretary of State shall not deprive a person of citizen-
ship under this section unless he is satisfied that it is not conducive
to the public good that that person should continue to be a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
(6) Before making an order under this section the Secretary
of State shall give the person against whom the order is
proposed to be made notice in writing informing him of the
ground on which it is proposed to be made and, if the order is
proposed to be made on any of the grounds specified in sub-
sections (2) and (3) of this section, of his right to an inquiry
under this section.
(7) If the order is proposed to be made on any of the grounds
specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section and that person
applies in the prescribed manner for an inquiry, the Secretary of
State shall, and in any other case the Secretary of State may, refer
the case to a committee of inquiry consisting of a chairman, being
a person possessing) udicial experience, appointed by the Secretary
of State and of such other members appointed by the Secretary
of State as he thinks proper.
21.--(1) Where a naturalised person who was a citizen of Deprivation
any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section one of this Act of citizenship
or of Eire has been deprived of that citizenship on grounds of United
which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, are sub- Kingdom and Colonies
stantiallyY to anY of the b' rounds specified in sub- where persons
sections (2), (3) and (4) of the last foregoing section, then, if deprived of
that person is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, citizenship
the Secretary of State may by an order made under this section elsewhere.
deprive him of that citizenship, if the Secretary of State is
satisfied that it is not conducive to the public good that that
person should continue to be a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies.
(2) Before making an order under this section the Secretary
of State shall give the person against whom the order is proposed
to be made notice in writing informing him of the ground on
which it is proposed to be made and may refer the case to a
committee of inquiry constituted in the manner provided by
the last foregoing section.
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PART H. 22. The functions of the Secretary of State under the last two
-cont. foregoing sections shall, in any colony, protectorate or United
Deprivation Kingdom trust territory, be exercised by the Governor ; but he
in colonies shall not make an order depriving any person of citizenship
and other
territories. of the United Kingdom and Colonies except with the approval
of the Secretary of State.
PART III.
SUPPLEMENTAL.
Legitimated 23.-(I) A person born out of wedlock and legitimated by the
children. subsequent marriage of his parents shall, as from the date of the
marriage or of the commencement of this Act, whichever is later,
be treated, for the purpose of determining whether he is a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, or was a British
subject immediately before the commencement of this Act, as
if he had been born legitimate.
(2) A person shall be deemed for the purposes of this section
to have been legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his
parents if by the law of the place in which his father was
domiciled at the time of the marriage the marriage operated
immediately or subsequently to legitimate him, and not otherwise.
Posthumous 24. Any reference in this Act to the status or description of
children. the father of a person at the time of that person's birth shall,
in relation to a person born after the death of his father, be
construed as a reference to the status or description of the father
at the time of the father's death ; and where that death occurred
before, and the birth occurs after, the commencement of this
Act, the status or description which would have been applicable
to the father had he died after the commencement of this Act
shall be deemed to be the status or description applicable to him
at the time of his death.
Certificate 25. The Secretary of State may in such cases as he thinks fit,
of citizenship on the application of any person with respect to whose citizenship
in case of
doubt. of the United Kingdom and Colonies a doubt exists, whether
on a question of fact or of law, certify that that person is a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies ; and a certificate
issued under this section shall, unless it is proved that it was
obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment
of any material fact, be conclusive evidence that that person
was such a citizen on the date thereof, but without prejudice
to any evidence that he was such a citizen at an earlier date.
Discretion of 26. The Secretary of State, the Governor or the High Com-
Secretary missioner, as the case may be, shall not be required to assign
of State, any reason for the grant or refusal of any application under this
Governor or Act the decision on which is at his discretion ; and the decision
High
Commissioner. of the Secretary of State, Governor or High Commissioner on
any such application shall not be subject to appeal to or review
in any court.
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27.-(1) Every document purporting to be a notice, certificate, PART III.

order or declaration, or an entry in a register, or a subscription -cont.
of an oath of allegiance, given, granted or made under this Act, Evidence.
the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 to 1943,
or any Act repealed by those Acts, shall be received in evidence,
and shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been
given, granted or made by or on behalf of the person by whom
or on whose behalf it purports to have been given, granted or
made.
(2) Prima facie evidence of any such document as aforesaid
may be given by production of a document purporting to be
certified as a true copy thereof by such person and in such manner
as may be prescribed.
(3) Any entry in a register made under this Act, the British
Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 to 1943, or any Act
repealed by those Acts, shall be received as evidence of the matters
stated in the entry.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, a certificate given by or on
behalf of the Secretary of State that a person was at any time
in Crown service under His Majesty's government in the United
Kingdom shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
28.-(1) Any person who for the purpose of procuring anything Offences.
to be done or not to be done under this Act makes any statement
which he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly
makes any statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be liable on summary conviction in the United Kingdom
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement
imposed on him by regulations made under this Act with respect
to the delivering up of certificates of naturalisation shall be liable
on summary conviction in the United Kingdom to a fine not
exceeding one hundred pounds.
29.-(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make Orders in
Council,
provision generally for carrying into effect the purposes of this aegulations
Act, and in particular- and rules
(a) for prescribing anything which under this Act is to be
prescribed ;
(b) for the registration of anything required or authorised
under this Act to be registered ;
(c) for the administration and taking of oaths of allegiance
under this Act, for the time within which oaths of
allegiance shall be taken and for the registration of
oaths of allegiance ;
(d) for the giving of any notice required or authorised to be
given to any person under this Act ;
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PART III. (e) for the cancellation of the registration of, and the can-
-cont. cellation and amendment of certificates of naturalisa-
tion relating to, persons deprived of citizenship under
this Act, and for requiring such certificates to be
delivered up for those purposes ;
(f) for the registration by consular officers or other officers
in the service of His Majesty's government in the United
Kingdom of the births and deaths of persons of any class
or description born or dying in a protected state or
foreign country ;
(g) for enabling the births and deaths of citizens of the United
Kingdom and Colonies and British protected persons
born or dying in any country in which His Majesty's
government in the United Kingdom has for the time
being no diplomatic or consular representatives to be
registered by persons serving in the diplomatic, consular
or other foreign service of any country which, by
arrangement with His Majesty's government in the
United Kingdom, has undertaken to represent that
government's interest in that country, or by a person
authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State ;
(la') with the consent of the Treasury, for the imposition and
recovery of fees in respect of any application made to
the Secretary of State under this Act or in respect of
any registration, or the making of any declaration, or
the grant of any certificate, or the taking of any oath of
allegiance, authorised to be made, granted or taken
by or under this Act, and in respect of supplying a
certified or other copy of any notice, certificate, order,
declaration or entry, given, granted or made as afore-
said ; and for the application of any such fees.
(2) His Majesty may by Order in Council provide for the applica-
tion, with such adaptations and modifications as may be necessary,
to births and deaths registered in accordance with regulations
made under paragraphs (f) and (g) of the last foregoing sub-
section, or registered at a consulate of His Majesty in accordance
with regulations made under the British Nationality and Status
of Aliens Acts, 1914 to 1943, or in accordance with instructions
of the Secretary of State, of the Births and Deaths Registration
Acts, 1836 to 1947, the Registration of Births, Deaths and
Marriages (Scotland) Acts, 1854 to 1938, or any Act (includii.g
any Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of
this Act, of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) for the time
being in force in Northern Ireland relating to the registration of
births and deaths ; and any such Order in Council may exclude,
in relation to births and deaths so registered, any of the
provisions of section twenty-seven of this Act.
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(3). The Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Governor PART III.
of any colony, protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory --cont.
may make rules for the practice and procedure to be followed in
connection with references under this Act to a committee of
inquiry ; and such rules may, in particular, provide for conferring
on any such committee any powers, rights or privileges of any
court, and for enabling any powers so conferred to be exercised
by one or more members of the committee.
(4) Any power of the Secretary of State to make regulations
or rules under this Act shall be exercised by statutory
instrument.
(5) Any Order in Council made under this Act may be revoked
or varied by a subsequent Order in Council.
30.-(I) His Majesty may, in relation to the states and tern- protectorates
tories under His protection through His government in the and protected
United Kingdom, by Order in Council declare which of those states.
states and territories are protectorates and which of them are
protected states for the purposes of this Act.
(2) His Majesty may by Order in Council apply the provisions
of this Act to the New Hebrides and to Canton Island as if they
were protected states.
(3) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that in this
Act any reference specified in the Order to protectorates shall
be construed as including a reference to such protected states
as may be so specified, and that in relation to any protected
state so specified any reference in this Act to the Governor shall be
construed as including a reference to such person as may be
specified in the Order.

31. For the purpose of assimilating the rights and liabilities of Assimilation
natural-born and other British subjects under the enactments of status of
specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act, those natural-born er
enactments are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the Brtissh
third column of that Part. subjects under
existing
enactments.
32.-(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the Interpreta-
following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively tion.
ascribed to them, that is to say
" Alien " means a person who is not a British subject, a
British protected person or a citizen of Eire ;
" Australia " includes the territories of Papua and the
territory of Norfolk Island ;
" British protected person " means a person who is a member
of a class of persons declared by Order in Council made
in relation to any protectorate, protected state,
-

mandated territory or trust. territory to be for the

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PART III. purposes of this Act British protected persons by virtue

-cont. of their connection with that protectorate, state or
territory ;
" Colony" does not include any country mentioned in
subsection (3) of section one of this Act ;
" Crown service under His Majesty's government ' in the
United Kingdom " means the service of the Crown
under His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom,
or under His Majesty's government in Northern Ireland,
or under the government of any colony, protectorate,
protected state, United Kingdom mandated territory or
United Kingdom trust territory, whether such service
is in any part of His Majesty's dominions or elsewhere ;
""Foreign country " means a country other than the United
Kingdom, a colony, a country mentioned in subsection
(3) of section one of this Act, Eire, a protectorate, a
protected state, a mandated territory and a trust
territory ;
" Governor ", in relation to a colony, protectorate or United
Kingdom trust territory, includes the officer for the
time being administering the government of that colony,
protectorate or territory, and includes the person for
the time being exercising the functions of British
Resident at Zanzibar ;
" Mandated territory " means a territory administered by
the government of any part of His Majesty's dominions
in accordance with a mandate from the League of
Nations ;
" Minor " means a person who has not attained the age of
twenty-one years ;
" Naturalised person " means a person who became a
British subject or citizen of Eire by virtue of a certificate
of naturalisation granted to him or in which his name
was included ;
" Person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies "
means-
(a) in relation to a person naturalised after the
commencement of this Act, a person to whom a
certificate of naturalisation has been granted by the
Secretary of State or by the Governor of a colony,'
protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory ;
(b) in relation to a person naturalised before the
commencement of this Act,
(i) a person to whom a certificate of naturalisa-
tion was granted by the Secretary of State,
or, under section eight of the British Nation-
ality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, by the
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government of any British possession other PART III.

than the countries mentioned in subsection -cont.
(3) of section one of this Act, or
a person who by virtue of subsection (2) of
section twenty-seven of the British Nation-
ality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, is
deemed to be a person to whom a certificate
of naturalisation was granted, if the certifi-
cate of naturalisation in which his name was
included was granted by the Secretary of
State or by the government of any such
British possession as aforesaid or if he was
deemed to be a naturalised British subject
by reason of his residence with his father or
mother ;

Prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made under

this Act ;
" Protected state " and " protectorate " have the meaning
assigned to them by section thirty of this Act ;
" Trust territory " means a territory administered by the
government of any part of His Majesty's dominions
under the trusteeship system of the United Nations ;
" United Kingdom consulate " means the office of a consular
officer of His Majesty's government in the United
Kingdom where a register of births is kept, or where
there is no such office, such office as may be prescribed ;
" United Kingdom mandated territory " and " United
Kingdom trust territory " mean respectively a man=
dated territory and a trust territory administered by
His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section twenty-three of this
Act, any reference in this Act to a child shall be construed as a
reference to a legitimate child ; and the expressions " father ",
" ancestor " and " descended " shall be construed accordingly.
(3) References in this Act to any country mentioned in sub-
section (3) of section one of this Act shall include references to the
dependencies of that country.
(4) Any reference in this Act to India, being a reference to
a state of affairs existing before the fifteenth day of August,
nineteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be construed as a reference
to British India as defined by section three hundred and eleven
of the Government of India Act, 1935. 26 Geo. 5. &
(5) For the purposes of this Act, a person born aboard a
i Edw. 8. c. z_
registered ship or aircraft, or aboard an unregistered ship or
aircraft of the government of any country, shall be deemed to
have been born in the place in which the ship or aircraft was
registered or, as the case may be, in that country.
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PART III. (6) For the purposes of this Act, any person who, by the law
--cant. in force immediately before the commencement of this Act in
any colony or protectorate, enjoyed the'privileges of naturalisation
within that colony or protectorate only shall be deemed to have
become immediately before the commencement of this Act a
British-subject and a person naturalised in the United Kingdom
and Colonies.
(7) A person shall, in relation to any country mentioned
in subsection (3) of section one of this Act in which a citizenship
law has not taken effect at the date of the commencement of this
Act, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be potentially a
citizen of that country at that date if he, or his nearest ancestor
in the male line who acquired British nationality other-
wise than by reason of his parentage, acquired British nationality
by any of the following means, that is to say-
(a) by birth within the territory comprised at the date of the
commencement of this Act in that country; or
(b) by virtue of a certificate of naturalisation granted by the
government of that country; or
(c) by virtue of the annexation of any territory included at
the date of the commencement of this Act in that
country ;
and a woman shall, in addition, be deemed for the purposes of
this Act to be at the commencement of this Act potentially a
citizen of any country mentioned in subsection (3) of section
one of this Act if any person to whom she has been married is, or
would but for his death have been, potentially a citizen thereof
at that date.
(8) In this Act the expression " citizenship law " in relation to
any country mentioned in subsection (3), of section one of this Act
means an enactment of the legislature of that country declared
by order of the Secretary of State made by statutory instru-
ment at the request of the government of that country to be an
enactment making provision for citizenship thereof ; and a
citizenship law shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to
have taken effect in a country on the date which the Secretary
of State by order so made at the request of the government of
that country declares to be the date on which it took effect.
(9) A person shall for the purposes of this Act be of full age
if he has attained the age of twenty-one years and of full capacity
if he is not of unsound mind.
(io) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed
not to have attained a given age until the commencement of the
relevant anniversary of the day of his birth.
(Ix) Any reference in this Act to any other Act shall, unless
the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to
that Act as amended by or under any other enactment.
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33.-(1) References in this Act to colonies shall be construed PART III.

as including references to the Channel Islands and the Isle of -cont.
Man ; and in its application to those islands this Act shall have Channel
Islands and
effect as if references to the Governor included references to the Isle of
Lieutenant-Governor. Man.
(2) A citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies may, if on
the ground of his connection with the Channel Islands or the
Isle of Man he so desires, be known as a citizen of the United
Kingdom, Islands and Colonies.
34.-(1) This Act may be cited as the British Nationality short title,
Act, 1948. commence-
ment and
(2) This Act shall come into force on the first day of January, repeal.
nineteen hundred and forty-nine.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section seventeen of, and the
Third Schedule to, this Act, the enactments specified in Part II
of the Fourth Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the
extent specified in the third column of that Part :
Provided that the British Nationality and Status of Aliens
Acts, 1914 to 1943, so far as they extend to Newfoundland and
Southern Rhodesia, shall continue in force in each of those
countries until provision to the contrary is made by the legis-
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SCHEDULES
Sections 6 and FIRST SCHEDULE.
to.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear
true allegiance to His Majesty King George the Sixth His Heirs
and Successors according to law.

Section to. SECOND SCHEDULE.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR NATURALISATION.

Aliens.
I. Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph, the
:-
qualifications for naturalisation of an alien who applies therefor are
(a) that he has either resided in the United Kingdom or been in
Crown service under His Majesty's government in the United
Kingdom, or partly the one and partly the other, throughout
the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date
of the application ; and
(b) that during the seven years immediately preceding the said
period of twelve months he has either resided in the United
Kingdom or any colony, protectorate, United Kingdom
mandated territory or United Kingdom trust territory or
been in Crown service as aforesaid, or partly the one and
partly the other, for periods amounting in the aggregate to
not less than four years ; and
(c) that he is of good character ; and
(d) that he has sufficient knowledge of the English language,
and
(e) that he intends in the event of a certificate being granted to
him-
(i) to reside in the United Kingdom or in any colony,
protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory or in the
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ; or
(ii) to enter into or continue in Crown service under His
Majesty's government in the United Kingdom, or under the
government of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, or service
under an international organisation of which His Majesty's
government in the United Kingdom is a member,. or
service in the employment of a society, company or body
of persons established in the United'Kingdom or established
in any colony, protectorate or United Kingdom trust
territory.
2. The Secretary of State may if in the special circumstances of any
particular case he thinks fit-
(a) allow a continuous period of twelve months ending not more
than six months before the date of the application to be
reckoned, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of the last
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foregoing paragraph, as if it had immediately preceded that 2ND Scu.

date ; -cont.
(b) allow residence in any country mentioned in subsection (3)
of section one of this Act or in Eire, or in any mandated
territory or trust territory, or in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, .
or residence in Burma before the fourth day of January,
nineteen hundred and forty-eight, to be reckoned for the
purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of the last foregoing paragraph ;
(c) allow service under the government of any country mentioned
in the said subsection (3), or of any state, province or territory
thereof, or under the government of the Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan, or service before the fourth day of January, nineteen
hundred and forty-eight, under the government of Burma,
to be reckoned for the purposes of the said sub-paragraph (b)
as if it had been Crown service under His Majesty's govern-
ment in the United Kingdom ;
(d) allow periods of residence or service earlier than eight years
before the date of the application to be reckoned in computing
the aggregate mentioned in the said sub-paragraph (b).
British protected persons.
3. The qualifications for naturalisation of a British protected
person who applies therefor are :-
(a) that he is ordinarily resident inthe United Kingdom and has
been so resident throughout the period of twelve months, or
such shorter period as the Secretary of State may in the
special circumstances of any case accept, immediately
preceding his application ; or
(b) that he is in Crown service under His Majesty's government
in the United Kingdom, and
the qualifications specified in sub-paragraphs (c) (d) and (e) of para-
graph i of this Schedule.
Application to colonies, protectorates and trust territories.
4. The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall, in their. applica-
tion to any colony, protectorate or United Kingdom trust territory,
have effect as if-
(a) for any references therein to the Secretary of State there were
substituted references to the Governor of that colony,
protectorate or territory ;
(b) for the reference in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph i and
sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3 thereof to residence in the
United Kingdom there were substituted a reference to
residence in that colony, protectorate or territory ; and
(c) for the reference therein to the English language there were
substituted, in the case of a British protected person, a
reference to the English language or any other language in
current use in that colony, protectorate or territory, and, in
the case of an alien, a reference to the English language or
any language recognised in that colony, protectorate or
territory as being on an equality with the English language.
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Section 13. THIRD SCHEDULE.

BRITISH SUBJECTS WITHOUT CITIZENSHIP UNDER SECTION THIRTEEN

OF THIS ACT.

I. The law in force before the commencement of this Act relating

to British nationality shall continue to apply to a person while he
remains a British subject without citizenship by_ virtue of section
thirteen of this Act as if this Act had not been passed :
Provided that-
(a) if that person is a male, nothing in this paragraph shall confer
British nationality on any woman whom he marries during the
period that he is a British subject without citizenship, or on
any child born to him during that period ;
(b) he shall not, by becoming naturalised in a foreign state, be
deemed to have ceased to be a British subject by virtue of
section thirteen of the British Nationality and Status of
Aliens Act, 1'914;
(c) so long as a woman remains a British subject without citizen-
ship as aforesaid she shall not on marriage to an alien cease
to be a British subject.
2. So long as a person remains a British subject without citizenship
by virtue of section thirteen of this Act he shall be treated for the
purposes of any application made by him for registration as a citizen
of the United Kingdom and Colonies under sections six to nine of this
Act as if he were a citizen of one of the countries mentioned in sub-'
section (3) of section one of this Act.
3. If while a male person remains a British subject without citizenship
by virtue of section thirteen of this Act a child is born to him, the child
shall, unless the child has previously become a citizen of the United
Kingdom and Colonies, or of any country mentioned in subsection
(3) of section one of this Act or of Eire, become a citizen of
the United Kingdom and Colonies if and when the father becomes,
or would but for his death have become, such a citizen ; and a male
person who becomes a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
by virtue of this paragraph shall be deemed for the purposes of the
proviso to subsection (I) of section five of this Act to be a citizen
thereof by descent only.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE.

ENACTMENTS REPEALED. Section 31

PART I.
ENACTMENTS RELATING TO NATURAL-BORN
BRITISH SUBJECTS.

Session and Extent of Repeal.

Chapter. Short Title, etc.

11 Will. 3. C. 7- An Act for the more effec- In section seven, the words
tuall Suppression of Piracy. " naturall borne" and " or
denizens of this King-
dome ".
12 & 13 Will- 3. The Act of Settlement. In section three, the words
C. 2. from " That after the said
limitation shall take
effect " to " in trust for
him " so far as they relate
to British subjects and
citizens of Eire.
18 Geo. 2. C. 30. The Piracy Act, 1744. In section one, the words
"natural born " and " or
denizens ".
21 & 22 Vict. In section nine, the words
The Legitimacy Declaration
C. 93- Act, 1858. " natural-born ".
31 & 32 Vict. The Legitimacy Declaration In sections one and two,
C. 20. Act (Ireland), 1868. the words "natural-born"
wherever they occur.
33 & 34 Vict. The Juries Act, 1870. In section eight, the words
C. 77. " natural-born " in both
places where they occur.
57 & 58 Vict. The Merchant Shipping Act, In section one, the words
c. 60. 1894. " natural-born " in the
first place where they
occur, parag raphs (b) and
(c) and the proviso.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. The Supreme Court of Judi- In section one hundred and
C.49. cature (Consolidation) Act, eighty-eight, the words
1925. " natural-born" wherever
they occur.

PART II. Section 34.

OTHER ENACTMENTS.

Session and
Short Title, etc. Extent of Repeal.
Chapter.
4 & 5 Ann. An Act for the Natural- The whole Act.
c. 16. ization of the Most
Excellent Princess
Sophia Electress and
Dutchess Dowager of
Hanover and the
Issue of her Body.
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Act, 1948.

Session and Short Title, etc. Extent of Repeal.

Chapter.
35 & 36 Vict. The Naturalization Act, The whole Act.
C. 39. 1872.
The Army Act. In section ninety-five, the words
" natural-born ".
4&5Geo.5. The British Nationality Sections one to sixteen.
C. 17. and Status of Aliens In sections seventeen and
Act, 1914. eighteen, the words " natural-
born " wherever they occur.
Sections nineteen to. twenty-
six.
Section twenty-seven, except
so far as it defines the
expression " alien ".
In section twenty-eight, the
words " British Nationality
and '
The Schedules.
The Air Force Act. In section ninety-five, the words
" natural-born ".
8 & 9 Geo. 5. The British Nationality The whole Act.
C. 38- and Status of Aliens
Act, 1918.
12 & 13 Geo. 5- The British Nationality The whole Act.
c. 44- and Status of Aliens
Act, 1922.
16 & 17 Geo. The Legitimacy Act, In section two, the words
5. c. 6o. 1926. natural-born ".
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23 & 24 Geo. 5. The Evidence (Foreign, Section two.

4- Dominion and Colo-
nial Documents) Act,
1933.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. The British Nationality The whole Act.
c. 49. and Status of Aliens
Act, 1933.
6 & 7 Geo. 6. The British Nationality The whole Act.
C. 14. and Status of Aliens
Act, 1943.
I1 & 12 Geo. 6. The Ceylon Independ- Paragraph i of the Second
c. 7. ence Act, 1947. Schedule.

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