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6. In this section references to service as a public officer include service in an office established under section 12 of the Supreme Court Order. BELONGER STATUS. 111.- On and after 1st November 1981 a person shall, for the purposes of any law, be regarded as belonging to Antigua and Barbuda if, and only if, he is a citizen. PERSONS WHO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME CITIZENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION. 112.- The following persons shall become citizens on 1st November 1981- a. every person who, having been born in Antigua, was on 31st October 1981, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; b. every person born outside Antigua if either of his parents or any one of his grandparents was born therein or was registered or naturalised while resident in Antigua; c. every person who on 31st October 1981 was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies- i. having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948 by virtue of his having been naturalised while resident in Antigua as a British subject before the Act came into force; or ii. having while resident in Antigua become such a citizen by virtue of his having been naturalised or registered under that Act; d. every person who, having been born outside Antigua was on 31st October 1981 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and if his father or mother becomes, or would but for his or her death or the renunciation of his or her citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have becomes, a citizen by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section; e. every woman who, having been married to a person who becomes, or but for his death or the renunciation of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, would have become a citizen by virtue of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies on 31st October 1981; f. every person who on 31st October 1981 was under the age of eighteen years and is the child, stepchild, or child adopted in a manner recognised by law, of such a person as is mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs of this section. PERSONS WHO AUTOMATICALLY BECOME CITIZENS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION. 113.- The following persons shall become citizens at the date of their birth on or after 1st November 1981- a. every person born in Antigua and Barbuda: Provided that a person shall not become a citizen by virtue of this paragraph if at the time of his birth- i. neither of his parents is a citizen and either of them possess such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; or ii. either of his parents is a citizen of a country with which Her Majesty is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country; b. every person born outside Antigua and Barbuda if at the date of his birth wither of his parents is or would have been but for that parent's death, a citizen by virtue of section 112 of this Constitution or paragraph (a) of this section; c. every person born outside Antigua and Barbuda if at the date of his birth either of his parents is, or would have been but for that parent's death, a citizen employed in service under the Government or under an authority of the Government that requires him or her to reside outside Antigua and Barbuda for the proper discharge of his or her functions. PERSONS ENTITLED TO CITIZENSHIP BY REGISTRATION AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION. 114.-