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Persons born
outside the
State on or
after the
appointed
day.
239. (1) A person born outside Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
on or after the appointed day shall become a citizen at the date of his birth if,
at that date, his father or mother is or was, but for his parent’s death, a citizen
otherwise than by descent.
(2) In the case of a person employed by the Government or an
authority of the Government that requires him to reside outside of the State for
the proper discharge of his functions, the words “otherwise than by descent”
in subsection (1) of this section shall not apply.
Commonwealth
citizen.
240. (1) Every person who under this Constitution or any Act
of Parliament is a citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines or, under any
law for the time being in force in any country to which this section applies,
is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status
of a Commonwealth citizen.
(2) Every person who is a British subject without citizenship
under the British Nationality Act, 1948(a), or who continues to be a British
subject under section (2) of that Act, or who is a British subject under the
British Nationality Act, 1965(b), shall, by virtue of that status, have the status
of a Commonwealth citizen.
(3)The countries to which this section applies are those
designated as Commonwealth countries by or under such Act as Parliament
may for the purpose prescribe.
Entitlement to
registration
generally.
241. (1) The following persons shall, upon making application, be
entitled to be registered as citizens—
(a)
any person who, being a Commonwealth citizen is
ordinarily resident in Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines on the appointed day, and has
been so resident for the period of seven years
immediately preceding that day; or who, being a
(a)
1948 c. 56 [UK]
(b)
1965 c. 34 [UK].
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