[Article 28] Federal Constitution 37 a Ruler, under any provision of the said Agreement or of any State law authorizing the registration of women married to citizens of the Federation or to subjects of the Ruler shall be treated as a citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article 15; (c) any person who before that day was naturalized as a federal citizen or a citizen of the Federation under the said Agreement or became a federal citizen or a citizen of the Federation in consequence of his naturalization as the subject of a Ruler under any State law shall (subject to Clause (2)) be treated as a citizen by naturalization, and references in those provisions to the registration or naturalization of a citizen shall be construed accordingly. (2) No person born within the Federation shall be liable by virtue of this Article to be deprived of citizenship under Article 25. (3) A person who on Merdeka Day became a citizen by operation of law as having been a citizen of the Federation immediately before that day shall not be deprived of citizenship under Clause (1) or (2) of Article 24 by reason of anything done on or before that day; but in the case of any such person Clause (2) of Article 25 shall apply equally in relation to a period of residence in foreign countries beginning before Merdeka Day and in relation to such a period beginning on or after that day. Deprivation of citizenship of persons becoming citizens on Malaysia Day 28a. (1) (Repealed). (2) For the purposes of Articles 24, 25, 26 and 26a a person who on Malaysia Day becomes a citizen by operation of law because immediately before that day he has the status of a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall be treated— (a) as a citizen by registration if he acquired that status by registration; and (b) as a citizen by naturalization if he acquired that status by or in consequence of naturalization, and references in those Articles to the registration or naturalization of a citizen shall be construed accordingly.