C5Part V Miscellaneous and Supplementary

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Pt. V (ss. 36–53) extended by S.I. 1983/882, art. 3(5)

C2C1C4C342 Registration and naturalisation: general provisions.

1

Subject to subsection (2)—

a

a person shall not be registered under any provision of this Act as a citizen of any description or as a British subject; and

b

a certificate of naturalisation shall not be granted to a person under any provision of this Act,

unless—

i

any fee payable by virtue of this Act in connection with the registration or, as the case may be, the grant of the certificate has been paid; and

ii

the person concerned has within the prescribed time taken an oath of allegiance in the form indicated in Schedule 5.

2

So much of subsection (1) as requires the taking of an oath of allegiance shall not apply to a person who—

a

is not of full age; or

b

is already a British citizen, a F4British overseas territories citizen , F1a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas citizen, a British subject, or a citizen of any country of which Her Majesty is Queen.

3

Any provision of this Act which provides for a person to be entitled to registration as a citizen of any description or as a British subject shall have effect subject to the preceding provisions of this section.

C64

A person registered under any provision of this Act as a British citizen, or as a F4British overseas territories citizenF2, or as a British National (Overseas), or as a British Overseas citizen, or as a British subject, shall be a citizen of that description or, as the case may be, F2a British National (Overseas) or a British subject as from the date on which he is so registered.

5

A person to whom a certificate of naturalisation as a British citizen or as a F4British overseas territories citizen is granted under any provision of this Act shall be a citizen of that description as from the date on which the certificate is granted.

F36

A person who applies for registration or naturalisation as a F4British overseas territories citizen under any provision of this Act by virtue (wholly or partly) of his having a connection with Hong Kong, may not be naturalised or registered, as the case may be, unless he makes his application on or before 31st March 1996.