Bangladesh Act 1973

2 Nationality.

(1) The British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1965 shall have effect, and shall be deemed to have had effect from 4th February 1972, as if in section 1(3) of the [1948 c. 56.] British Nationality Act 1948 (Commonwealth countries having separate citizenship) there were added at the end the words " and Bangladesh ".

(2) If it appears to the Secretary of State that any provision of the law of Pakistan made after 3rd February 1972 deprives persons of their citizenship of Pakistan in consequence of Bangladesh having become an independent Republic he may by order made by statutory instrument secure that, until such date as may be specified in the order, that provision is disregarded in determining for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1948 whether a person is a citizen of Pakistan.

(3) An order under subsection (2) of this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order thereunder.

(4) In accordance with section 3(3) of the [1967 c. 4.] West Indies Act 1967 it is hereby declared that this section extends to all associated states.