# British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1943, Section 3: British nationality of posthumous children


Any person born after the death of his father, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, shall, if his father died a British subject, be deemed to be and, in the case of a person born before the commencement of this Act, always to have been, a natural-born British subject in any case in which he would have been a natural-born British subject if his father had survived and remained a British subject until after the birth.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/6-7/14/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943/section-3
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