4 Consequential modifications of the British Nationality Acts.
(1)
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(2)
Except as provided by section 5 below, any person who immediately before Independence Day is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall on that day cease to be such a citizen if he becomes on that day a citizen of Belize.
(3)
Except as provided by section 5 below, a person in relation to whom the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say—
(a)
immediately before Independence Day, he is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and
(b)
one of his grandparents—
(i)
was born in Belize, or
(ii)
was naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies by virtue of a certificate of naturalisation granted in Belize, or
(iii)
was registered in Belize as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and
(c)
on Independence Day, he does not become a citizen of Belize;
shall on Independence Day cease to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies if he is then a citizen of some other country.
(4)
Section 6(2) of the 1948 Act (registration as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies of women who have been married to such citizens) shall not apply to a woman by virtue of her marriage to a person who on Independence Day ceases to be such a citizen under subsection (2) or (3) above or who would have done so if living on that day.
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