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British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Natural-born British Subjects

    1. 1.Definition of natural-born British subject

  3. PART II Naturalization of Aliens

    1. 2.Certificate of naturalization

    2. 3.Effect of certificate of naturalization

    3. 4.Special certificate in case of doubt

    4. 5.Persons under disability

    5. 6.Persons previously naturalized

    6. 7.Revocation of certificate of naturalization

    7. 7A.Effect of revocation of certificate of naturalization

    8. 8.Power of Governments of British possessions to grant certificates of Imperial naturalization

    9. 9.Application of Part II to Self-Governing Dominions

  4. PART III General

    1. National Status of Married Women and Infant Children

      1. 10.National status of married women

      2. 11.Status of widows

      3. 12.Status of children

    2. Loss of British Nationality

      1. 13.Loss of British nationality by foreign naturalization

      2. 14.Declaration of alienage

      3. 15.Power of naturalized subjects to divest themselves of their status in certain cases

      4. 16.Saving of obligations incurred before loss of nationality

    3. Status of Aliens

      1. 17.Capacity of alien as to property

      2. 18.Trial of alien

    4. Procedure and Evidence

      1. 19.Regulations by Secretary of State

      2. 20.Evidence of declarations

      3. 21.Evidence of certificates of naturalization

      4. 22.Evidence of entries in registers

      5. 23.Penalty for false representation or statement

      6. 24.Form of oath of allegiance

    5. Supplemental

      1. 25.Saving for letters of denization

      2. 26.Saving for powers of Legislatures and Governments of British possessions

      3. 27.Definitions

      4. 28.Repeal, short title, and commencement

  5. SCHEDULES.

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      List of Dominions

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Oath of Allegiance

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Enactments repealed

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