Citizenship by descent in the case of persons born on or after the appointed date

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, a person born in Belize on or after the appointed date shall have the status of a (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, a person born outside Belize on or after the appointed date shall have the status 9 of a citizen of Belize by descent if at the time of his birth his father or mother is a citizen of Belize. (3) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to any person if at the time of his birth– (a) neither of his parents is a citizen of Belize and his father or mother possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Belize; or (b) his father or mother is a citizen of a country with which Belize is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country.