Section 3 Short title, citation and supplemental provisions.

This Act may be cited as the British Nationality Act 1964, and this Act and the British Nationality Acts 1948 and 1958 may be cited together as the British Nationality Acts 1948 to 1964.

In this Act “ the principal Act ” means the 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56.British Nationality Act 1948, and Part III of that Act (supplementary provisions) shall have effect as if any reference in it to that Act, except one referring to the date of the commencement of that Act, included a reference to this Act.

This Act shall come into force at the expiration of a period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.