Section 20: Persons who became citizens on 12 March 1968

20. Persons who became citizens on 12 March 1968 (1) Every person who, having been born in Mauritius, was on 11 March 1968 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies became a citizen of Mauritius on 12 March 1968. (2) Every person who, on 11 March 1968, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies— (a) having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948,1 by virtue of his having been naturalised by the Governor of the former Colony of Mauritius as a British subject before that Act came into force; or (b) having become such a citizen by virtue of his having been naturalised or registered by the Governor of the former Colony of Mauritius under that Act, became a citizen of Mauritius on 12 March 1968. (3) Every person who, having been born outside Mauritius, was on 11 March 1968 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, if either of his parents became, or would but for his death have become, a citizen of Mauritius by virtue of subsection (1) or subsection (2), became a citizen of Mauritius on 12 March 1968. (4) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be regarded as having been born in Mauritius if he was born in the territories which were comprised in the former Colony of Mauritius immediately before 8 November 1965 but were not so comprised immediately before 12 March 1968 unless either of his parents was born in the territories which were comprised in the Colony of Seychelles immediately before 8 November 1965. [S. 20 amended by Act 23 of 1995.]