Commonwealth country definition

Commonwealth country means any country recognised by the President to be a Commonwealth country, and “part of the Commonwealth” means any Commonwealth country, any colony, protectorate or protected state or any other territory administered by the government of any Commonwealth country;

Commonwealth country means a country declared by or under an Act of Parliament to be a Commonwealth country, and includes a dependency of such a country;

Commonwealth country means a sovereign and independent country within the Commonwealth, other than Trinidad and Tobago, together with any dependent territory which that country designates;

Examples of Commonwealth country in a sentence

• Any person who is a British citizen, a qualifying citizen of another Commonwealth country or a citizen of the Irish Republic, who has reached the age of 18 and is not otherwise disqualified may stand as a candidate at a Parliamentary election.

• Commonwealth country means a country (other than Australia) that is, or was at the relevant time, a part of the Dominions of the Crown, and includes: (a) a state, province or other territory that is one of 2 or more territories that together form, or formed at the relevant time, a discrete part of such a country; and (b) a place that is, or was at the relevant time, a territory, dependency or colony (however described) of a part of such a country.

• Other magistrates, legally qualified in a Commonwealth country, are appointed to preside over the Court in matters outside the powers of the Island Magistrate.

• Commonwealth veteran means a person who rendered continuous full‑time service as a member of: (a) the naval, military or air forces; or (b) the nursing or auxiliary services of the naval, military or air forces; or (c) the women’s branch of the naval, military or air forces; of a Commonwealth country during a period of hostilities.

• The provisions of this section shall have the same operation in relation to the Republic of Ireland and to the citizens thereof, and to ships registered therein or belonging thereto, and to persons who belong or have belonged to those ships, and to all other persons on board those ships, as if the Republic of Ire- land were a Commonwealth country and as if the citizens thereof were British subjects.

More Definitions of Commonwealth country

Commonwealth country means a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations and includes every territory for whose international relations the Government of that country is responsible;

Commonwealth country means a country that is specified in Schedule 1; "country" includes -

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Commonwealth country means a country that

Commonwealth country means a country that forms part of the Commonwealth of Nations, and, if a Commonwealth country is responsible for the international relations of a territory, includes the territory;

Commonwealth country means a country, other than the United Kingdom which is a member of the Commonwealth;

Commonwealth country means a sovereign and independent country within the Commonwealth;