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dependent territory or, if a woman, by virtue of having been married before commencement to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.

(2) On an application for his registration as a British Dependent Territories citizen made by a person of full capacity who had before commencement ceased to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as a result of a declaration of renunciation, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause that person to be registered as a British Dependent Territories citizen if that person—
 * (a) has an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory; or
 * (b) if a woman, has been married to a person who has, or would if living have, such a connection.

(3) A person shall not be entitled to registration under subsection (1) on more than one occasion.

(4) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have an appropriate qualifying connection with a dependent territory if he, his father or his father’s father—
 * (a) was born in that territory; or
 * (b) is or was a person naturalised in that territory; or
 * (c) was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in that territory; or
 * (d) became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in that territory.

Acquisition at commencement

23.—(1) A person shall at commencement become a British Dependent Territories citizen if—
 * (a) immediately before commencement he was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who had that citizenship by his birth, naturalisation or registration in a dependent territory; or
 * (b) he was immediately before commencement a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and was born to a parent—
 * (i) who at the time of the birth (“the material time”) was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and
 * (ii) who either had that citizenship at the material time by his birth, naturalisation or registration in a dependent territory or was himself born to a parent who at the time of that birth so had that citizenship; or

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