§ The following Amendments shall be made in the principal Act:
1289§ (1) In paragraph (b) of Sub-section (1) of Section one (which defines natural-born British subjects) after the words "had been granted" there shall be inserted the words "or had become a British subject by reason of any annexation of territory, or was at the time of that person's birth in the service of the Crown"; and at the end of that Section the following Sub-section shall be inserted:
§ "(4) The certificate of a Secretary of State that a person was at any date in the service of the Crown shall, for the purposes of this Section, be conclusive."
§ (4) In Section ten (which relates to the national status of married women) at the end of the Section there shall be added the words and provided that where an alien is a subject of an enemy State it shall be lawful for his wife if she was at birth a British subject to make a declaration that she desires to resume British nationality, and thereupon the Secretary of State, if he is satisfied that it is advisable that she be permitted to do so, may grant her a certificate of naturalisation.
§ Lords Amendments:
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After Sub-section (2), insert as a new Sub-section:
(3) In Sub-section (2) of Section five "whether or not" shall be substituted for "although" and "not" shall be omitted, and in Sub-section (3) of Section five "Act" shall be substituted for "Section.
§ —Agreed to.
§ In Sub-section (4), leave out the words "an enemy state," and insert instead thereof the words "a State at war with His Majesty."—Agreed to.
§ Leave out the word "advisable," and insert instead thereof the word "desirable."—Agreed to.