Constitution of the Republic of Fiji 2013
Citizenship and Nationality
  • English

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    (3) Citizenship of Fiji shall only be acquired by birth, registration or naturalisation.
    (4) Citizens of Fiji may hold multiple citizenship, which means that—
    (a) upon accepting the citizenship of a foreign country, a person remains a citizen of Fiji unless he or she renounces that status;
    (b) a former citizen of Fiji, who lost that citizenship upon acquiring foreign citizenship, may regain citizenship of Fiji, while retaining that foreign citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise; and
    (c) upon becoming a citizen of Fiji, a foreign person may retain his or her existing citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise.
    (5) A written law shall prescribe—
    (a) the conditions upon which citizenship of Fiji may be acquired and the conditions upon which a person may become a citizen of Fiji;
    (b) procedures relating to the making of applications for citizenship by registration or naturalisation;
    (c) conditions relating to the right to enter and reside in Fiji;
    (d) provisions for the prevention of statelessness;
    (e) rules for the calculation of periods of a person’s lawful presence in Fiji for the purpose of determining citizenship;
    (f) provisions relating to the renunciation and deprivation of citizenship; and
    (g) such other matters as are necessary to regulate the granting of citizenship. (Sec. 5)

  • iTaukei

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    (3) Na tauri ivolatara mo lewenivanua e Viti, e rawa ga ni vakayacori kevaka o sucu, volai se o sa dede na nomu mai tiko i Viti.
    (4) Na lewenivanua e Viti ena rawa mera taukena e vicavata na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei ni vanuatani, kena ibalebale—
    (a) ena rawa mo lewenivanua tudei e vanuatani, o se oka tiko ga mo lewenivanua e Viti, vakavo sara ke o kerea me boko na nomu lewenivanua e Viti;
    (b) ke dua a lewenivanua tu e Viti qai sa bokoci ni kerea me lai lewenivanua e vanuatani, ena rawa ni volai tale me lewenivanua e Viti, ka maroroya tiko na nona lewenivanua e vanuatani vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya; kei na
    (c) dua e sa mai lewenivanua e Viti, ena rawa vua me taukena tiko ga na nona lewenivanua ena vanua taumada vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya.
    (5) Na lawa tabaki e dodonu me vakamacalataka—
    (a) na rawati ni volatara ni lewenivanua kei na iwalewale ni nona lewenivanua e Viti e dua na tamata;
    (b) na ituvatuva ni kena vakarautaki na ivolatara ni lewenivanua ena ivola kerekere se na dede ni nona tiko e Viti;
    (c) na iwalewale ni curuvanua se vakaitikotiko e Viti;
    (d) na ituvatuva me vakadeitaka na lewenivanua e Viti;
    (e) na lawa me cakacakataki kina na balavu ni gauna me tiko kina e Viti, ena qai vakatautaki kina na soli vua ni ivolatara me lewenivanua;
    (f) na ituvatuva ni kena vakasukai se bokoci na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei; kei na
    (g) veika tale e so e gadrevi ena kena vakadeitaka na soli ni ivolatara ni lewenivanua. (Sec. 5)

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Constitution of The Republic of Fiji of 2013 (English). According to Sec. 3(4): "If there is an apparent difference between the meaning of the English version of a provision of this Constitution, and its meaning in the iTaukei and Hindi versions, the English version prevails.”

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Constitution of The Republic of Fiji of 2013 (iTaukei).

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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.
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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.
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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.

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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.
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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.
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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.
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According to Sec. 163: ““property” includes any vested or contingent right to, or interest in or arising from— (a) land, or permanent fixtures on, or improvements to, land; (b) goods or personal property; …”
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Chapter 2 on Bill of Rights.