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Section 47: Legitimated children.

British Nationality Act 1981 · 1981 c. 61View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part V: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

REPEALED on 2006-07-01 by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

A person born out of wedlock and legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents shall, as from the date of the marriage, be treated for the purposes of this Act as if he had been born legitimate.

A person shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have been legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents if by the law of the place in which his father was domiciled at the time of the marriage the marriage operated immediately or subsequently to legitimate him, and not otherwise.

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