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Citizenship and Nationality
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No Swedish citizen who is domiciled in Sweden or who has previously been domiciled in Sweden may be deprived of his or her citizenship. It may however be prescribed that children under the age of eighteen shall have the same nationality as their parents or as one parent. (Instrument of Government, Chapter 2, Art. 7) - Swedish
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Ingen svensk medborgare som är eller har varit bosatt i riket får fråntas sitt medborgarskap. Det får dock föreskrivas att barn under arton år i fråga om sitt medborgarskap ska följa föräldrarna eller en av dem. (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 2 kap, 7§)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, a person to whom the provisions of this section apply may be registered as a citizen of Nigeria, if the President is satisfied that –
(a) he is a person of good character;
(b) he has shown a clear intention of his desire to be domiciled in Nigeria; and
(c) he has taken the Oath of Allegiance prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.
(2) the provisions of this section shall apply to –
(a) any woman who is or has been married to a citizen of Nigeria; or
(b) every person of full age and capacity born outside Nigeria any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria. (Sec. 26)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe following are Hondurans by birth:
1. Persons born within the national territory with the exception of the children of diplomatic agents;
2. Children born abroad of a Honduran father or mother by birth;
3. Persons born on board Honduran vessels or aircraft of war, and persons born on board merchant vessels while they are in Honduran territorial waters; and
4. Infants of unknown parents found in Honduran territory. (Art. 23) - SpanishSon hondureños por nacimiento:
1) Los nacidos en el territorio nacional, con excepción de los hijos de los agentes diplomáticos;
2) Los nacidos en el extranjero de padre o madre hondureños por nacimiento;
3) Los nacidos a bordo de embarcaciones o aeronaves de guerra hondureñas, y los nacidos en naves mercantes que se encuentren en aguas territoriales de Honduras; y,
4) El infante de padres ignorados encontrado en el territorio de Honduras. (Art. 23)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe conditions necessary for being a Japanese national shall be determined by law. (Art. 10)
- Japanese日本国民たる要件は、法律でこれを定める。(第10条)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Every person born in Kiribati after the day prior to Independence Day shall become a citizen of Kiribati at the date of his birth unless on that date, not being a person of I-Kiribati descent or a person whose father is a citizen of Kiribati, he becomes a citizen of some other country: provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Kiribati by virtue of this subsection if at the time of his birth—
a. his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to any envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Kiribati and neither of his parents is a citizen of Kiribati; or
b. his father is a citizen of a country with which Kiribati is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation of such country.
2. Every person born outside Kiribati after the day prior to Independence Day shall become a citizen of Kiribati at the date of his birth if at that date his father is, or would but for his death have been, a citizen of Kiribati. (Sec. 25)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Provision may be made by or under an Act —
(a) for the acquisition of citizenship of Seychelles by any person who is not eligible or who is no longer eligible to become a citizen of Seychelles under this Chapter2;
(b) for depriving any person of citizenship of Seychelles, if it was unlawfully acquired;
(c) for the renunciation of citizenship of Seychelles by any person; and
(d) for the maintenance of a register of citizens of Seychelles who are also citizens of other countries.
(2) A person who is a citizen of Seychelles may concurrently possess the citizenship of another country and a law made for the purposes of clause (1) (a) shall not require, as a condition for the acquisition of citizenship of Seychelles, that a person renounces any other citizenship that the person may possess at the time. (Art. 13)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishKuwaiti nationality shall be determined by Law.
No relinquishment or withdrawal of nationality shall be permissible save within the limits of the Law.
(Art. 27) - Arabicالجنسية الكويتية يحددها القانون.
ولا يجوز إسقاط الجنسية أو سحبها إلا في حدود القانون.
(المادّة 27)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Unless disqualified pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Section, any person who is not a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands shall become a citizen by registration if, upon application, the High Court is satisfied either:
(a) that he has land rights; or
(b) that he has been resident in the Republic for not less than 3 years, and is the parent of a child who is a citizen of the Republic; or
(c) that he is of Marshallese descent, and that in the interests of justice his application should be granted.
... (Art. XI, Sec. 2)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Every person born to a South Sudanese mother or father shall have an inalienable right to enjoy South Sudanese citizenship and nationality.
2. Citizenship is the basis of equal rights and duties for all South Sudanese.
3. Every citizen shall enjoy all the rights guaranteed by this Constitution.
4. The law shall regulate citizenship and naturalization; no naturalized citizen shall be deprived of his or her acquired citizenship except in accordance with the law. 5. A South Sudanese national may acquire the nationality of another country as shall be prescribed by law. 6. A non-South Sudanese may acquire the nationality of South Sudan by naturalization as shall be prescribed by law. (Art. 45)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
No national may be deprived of their nationality. The status [calidad] of [being a] Nicaraguan national is not lost by the act of acquiring other nationality. (Art. 20)
- Spanish
Ningún nacional puede ser privado de su nacionalidad. La calidad de nacional nicaragüense no se pierde por el hecho de adquirir otra nacionalidad. (Art. 20)