British Nationality Act 1772
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Long titleAn Act to extend the Provisions of an Act, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain a Clause in an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for naturalizing Foreign Protestants, which relates to the Children of the natural-born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, to the Children of such Children.
Territorial extentGreat Britain
Royal assent16 March 1773
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| Long title | An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to explain a Clause in an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for naturalizing Foreign Protestants, which relates to the Children of the natural-born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, to the Children of such Children. |
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| Citation | 13 Geo. 3. c. 21 |
| Territorial extent | Great Britain |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 March 1773 |
| Commencement | 26 November 1772[b] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1915 |
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| Repealed by | British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The British Nationality Act 1772[a] (13 Geo. 3. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It was a British nationality law which made general provision allowing natural-born allegiance (citizenship) to be assumed if the father alone was British.
The act was one of the British Subjects Acts 1708 to 1772.[1]
The whole act was repealed by section 28(1) of, and the third schedule to, the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 17), which came into force on 1 January 1915.[2]