Section 3 Retention of citizenship of United Kingdom and Colonies by certain persons connected with the Bahamas.

was born in the United Kingdom or in a colony F1. . .; or

is or was a person naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies; or

was registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; or

became a British subject by reason of the annexation of any territory included in a colony.

he was born in a protectorate or protected state; or

his father or his father’s father was so born and is or at any time was a British subject.

shall not cease to be such a citizen under the said section 2 unless her husband either does so at the same time or has already done so; and

if she would, apart from paragraph (a) of this subsection, have ceased to be such a citizen under that section at any time and her husband subsequently ceases to be such a citizen under that section, she shall cease to be such a citizen when her husband does so.

references to a colony shall be construed as not including references to any territory which, on the appointed day, is not a colony for the purposes of the M2British Nationality Act 1948 as that Act has effect on that day, and accordingly do not include references to the Bahamas, and

references to a protectorate or protected state shall be construed as not including references to any territory which, on the appointed day, is not a protectorate or a protected state (as the case may be) for the purposes of that Act as it has effect on that day;