{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-and-status-of-aliens-act-1943/section-4.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/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Special power to grant certificates of naturalization to French nationals serving in His Majesty's forces",
  "text": "If at any time during the present war period an application for a certificate of naturalization is made to the Secretary of State by any person appearing to him to be or to have been at any time during that period a French national, then if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the applicant—\n(a) is, or has at any time during that period been, a member of His Majesty's forces; and\n(b) is a proper person to be naturalized as a British subject,\nthe Secretary of State may grant to the applicant a certificate of naturalization under section two of the principal Act notwithstanding that the requirements of subsection (1) of that section are not complied with.",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}