PERSONS WHO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME CITIZENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION
112.- The following persons shall become citizens on 1st November
1981-
a. every person who, having been born in Antigua, was on 31st October 1981, a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies;
b. every person born outside Antigua if either of his parents or any one of his
grandparents was born therein or was registered or naturalized while resident
in Antigua;
c. every person who on 31st October 1981 was a citizen of the United Kingdom
and Colonies-
i. having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948 by
virtue of his having been naturalized while resident in Antigua as a British
subject before the Act came into force; or
ii. having while resident in Antigua become such a citizen by virtue of his
having been naturalized or registered under that Act;
d. every person who, having been born outside Antigua was on 31st October 1981
a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and if his father or mother
becomes, or would but for his or her death or the renunciation of his or her
citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have becomes, a citizen by
virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section;
e. every woman who, having been married to a person who becomes, or but for his
death or the renunciation of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and
Colonies, would have become a citizen by virtue of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or
(d) of this section, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies on 31st
October 1981;
f. every person who on 31st October 1981 was under the age of eighteen years
and is the child, stepchild, or child adopted in a manner recognized by law, of
such a person as is mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs of this
section.
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