3.—(1) Every person who, having been born in the former Colony of the Bahama Islands, is on 9th July 1973 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall become a citizen of The Bahamas on 10th July 1973.
(2) Every person who, having been born outside the former Colony of the Bahama Islands, is on 9th July 1973 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his father becomes or would but for his death have become a citizen of The Bahamas in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, become a citizen of the Bahamas on 10th July 1973.
(3) Every person who on 9th July 1973 is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948 by virtue of his having been registered in the former Colony of the Bahamas Islands under that Act shall become a citizen of the Bahamas on 10th July 1973:
(a)who was not ordinarily resident in that Colony on 31st December 1972, or
(b)who became registered in that Colony on or after 1st January 1973, or
(c)who on 9th July 1973 possesses the citizenship or nationality of some other country.