{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/6-7/14",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1943",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "British nationality by registration",
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (v) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section one of the 4 & 5 Geo. V. c. 17.British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as \" the principal Act \"), shall cease to have effect.\n(2) A person born outside His Majesty's dominions whose father was at the time of the birth a British subject shall be deemed to be and always to have been a natural-born British subject—\n(a) in the case of a person born after or within one year before the commencement of this Act, if his birth is registered at a consulate of His Majesty within one year after its occurrence;\n(b) in the case of any person, whether born before or after the commencement of this Act, if his birth is at any time registered at such a consulate with the permission of the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State directs that although registered without his permission it shall be deemed to have been registered with his permission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/6-7/14/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:30.957335+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}