Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will make a statement regarding the position of United Kingdom citizens inside the Union of South Africa whose exit is now controlled by the Union Government.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerThe Departure from the Union Act, 1955, which came into force in South Africa on 1st July last does not affect U.K. citizens unless they 215W are also South African citizens. The U.K. High Commissioner in South Africa is in communication with the Union Government regarding the effect of the Act on such individuals.
Mr. Creech Jonesasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will make a statement on the position of South African citizens now resident in the United Kingdom, who desire to renounce their South African nationality.
§ Mr. Dodds-ParkerThis is a matter primarily for the Government of the Union of South Africa, since it involves Union law. I understand however that no provision exists whereby a South African citizen may renounce his South African citizenship except in the cases of persons who have acquired South African or other citizenship during minority, and, in certain circumstances, of married women, under Section 16 of the South African Citizenship Act, 1949.