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(b) every person born within the Federation on or after Merdeka Day, and before October, 1962 ;

(c) every person born within the Federation after September, 1962, of whose parents one at least was at the time of the birth either a citizen or permanently resident in the Federation, or who was not born a citizen of any other country ;

(d) every person born outside the Federation on or after Merdeka Day whose father was a citizen at the time of his birth and either was born in the Federation or was at the time of the birth in service under the Government of the Federation or of a State ;

(e) every person born outside the Federation on or after Merdeka Day whose father was a citizen at the time of the birth if the birth was, or is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer period as in any particular case was or is allowed by the Federal Government, registered at a consulate of the Federation or, if it occurred in Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei or North Borneo, registered with the Federal Government.

2. Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution, a person ordinarily resident in a Borneo State or in Brunei on Malaysia Day is a citizen by operation of law if he was immediately before that day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and either—

(a) was born in the territories comprised in the Borneo States ; or

(b) became such a citizen by registration in those territories or by or in consequence of naturalisation there.

PART II
Citizenship by Operation of Law of Persons born on or after Malaysia Day, other than Singapore Citizens

1. Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution, the following persons born on or after Malaysia Day are citizens by operation of law, that is to say:

(a) every person born within the Federation outside Singapore of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth either a citizen, but not a Singapore citizen, or permanently resident in the Federation ; and

(b) every person born outside the Federation whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen, but not a Singapore citizen, and either was born in the Federation or is at the time of the birth in the service of the Federation or of a State ; and

(c) every person born outside the Federation whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen, but not a Singapore citizen, and whose birth is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer period as the Federal Government may in any particular case allow, registered at a consulate of the Federation or, if it occurs in Brunei or in a territory prescribed for this purpose by order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, registered with the Federal Government ; and

(d) every person born in Singapore of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth a citizen, but not a Singapore citizen, and who is not born a citizen otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph ; and

(e) every person born within the Federation outside Singapore who is not born a citizen of any country otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph.

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