(1)Subject to subsection (5) of this section, a person shall not cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under section 3(3) of this Act if he, his father or his father's father—
(a)was born in the United Kingdom or in a colony; or
(b)is or was a person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies; or
(c)was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; or
(d)became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a colony.
(2)A person shall not cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies under the said section 3(3) if either—
(a)he was born in a protectorate or protected state, or
(b)his father or his father's father was so born and is or at any time was a British subject.
(3)A woman who is the wife of a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall not cease to be such a citizen under the said section 3(3) unless her husband does so.
(4)Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the reference in subsection (1)(b) of this section to a person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies shall include a person who would, if living immediately before the commencement of the [1948 c. 56.] British Nationality Act 1948, have become a person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of section 32(6) of that Act (persons given local naturalisation in a colony or protectorate before the commencement of that Act).
(5)Any reference in this section to a colony, a protectorate or a protected state is a reference to a territory which is a colony, a protectorate or a protected state, as the case may be, within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1948, on the appointed day, and accordingly does not include a reference to Botswana ; and subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a person by virtue of any certificate of naturalisation granted or registration effected by the governor or government of a territory outside the United Kingdom which is not such a colony, protectorate or protected state on the appointed day.
(6)Part III of the [1948 c. 56.] British Nationality Act 1948 (supplemental provisions) shall have effect for the purposes of this section as if this section were included in that Act.