The constitution and laws of Belize
CHAPTER III
CITIZENSHIP
PERSON WHO BECOME CITIZENS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
23. (1) Every person who, having been born in Belize, is immediately
before Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall
become a citizen of Belize on Independence Day.
(2) Every person who, immediately before Independence Day is a citizen of the
United Kingdom and Colonies-
a. having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948 a. by
virtue of his having been naturalized in Belize as a British subject before
that Act came into force; or
b. having while resident in Belize become such a citizen by virtue of his
having been naturalized or registered under that Act,
shall become a citizen of Belize on Independence Day.
(3) Every person who, having been born outside Belize, is immediately before
Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his
father or mother becomes, or would but for his death or the renunciation of his
citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have become a citizen of Belize
by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, become a citizen of Belize
on Independence Day.
(4) Every person who having been born outside Belize, is immediately before
Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if one of
his grandparents becomes, or would but for his death or the renunciation of his
citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have become, a citizen of Belize
by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of this section, become a citizen of Belize
on Independence Day:
Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Belize by virtue of this
subsection if immediately before Independence Day he possesses the citizenship
of any country other than the United Kingdom.
(5) 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 of Belize by virtue of subsection (1),
(2), (3) or (4) of this section, is a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies immediately before Independence Day shall become a citizen of Belize
on Independence Day.
(6) In this section"the British Nationality Act 1948" includes any Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom amending that Act.
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