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99. PERSONS WHO BECOME CITIZENS ON 22 FEBRUARY 1979 (1) Every person who, having been born in Saint Lucia, is immediately before the commencement of this Constitution a Laws of Saint Lucia Constitution of Saint Lucia Cap. 1.01 105 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2006 citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall become a citizen at such commencement. (2) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies— (a) having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948 of the United Kingdom by virtue of his or her having been naturalised in Saint Lucia as a British subject before that Act came into force; or (b) having while resident in Saint Lucia become such a citizen by virtue of his or her having been naturalised or registered under the British Nationality Act 1948 of the United Kingdom, shall become a citizen at such commencement. (3) Every person who, having been born outside Saint Lucia, is immediately before the commencement of this Constitution a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his or her 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 become, a citizen by virtue of subsection (1) or (2), become a citizen at such commencement. (4) 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 subsection (1), (2) or (3), is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies immediately before the commencement of this Constitution shall become a citizen at such commencement.