14. Registered persons deemed to be citizens by descent

Where a person who was registered under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 11, as a citizen of Sri Lanka prior to the date of commencement of this Act, acquires, by reason of the operation of the amendment made to section 5

of the principal enactment, by section 2 of this Act, the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka by descent, such person shall deemed to have become a citizen of Sri Lanka by descent, with effect from the date of the commencement of this Act.