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Citizenship and Nationality
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … nationality, … (Art. 72) - French…
La loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … la nationalité, … (Art. 72)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Persons born in Mozambique after the proclamation of independence are Mozambican nationals.
2. This rule shall not apply to children born of a foreign father and a foreign mother, when either of them is in Mozambique in the employ of the government of his or her country.
… (Art. 24) - Portuguese1. São moçambicanos os cidadãos nascidos em Moçambique após a proclamação da independência.
2. Exceptuam-se os filhos de pai e mãe estrangeiros quando qualquer deles se encontre em Moçambique ao serviço do Estado a que pertence.
… (Art. 24)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishAll those considered as such by the law or by virtue of an international convention are Comorian citizens.
Outside of the cases where the law provides otherwise, no Comorian of birth may be deprived of their nationality. (Art. 5) - Arabicالمواطنون القمريون هم جميع الذين يعتبرهم القانون كذلك أو بموجب اتفاقية دولية.
خارج الحالات التي ينص فيها القانون على خلاف ذلك، لا يجوز حرمان أي قمري من جنسيته. (المادة 5) - FrenchSont citoyens comoriens tous ceux qui sont considérés comme tels par la loi ou en vertu d'une convention internationale.
Hors des cas où la loi en dispose autrement, aucun Comorien de naissance ne peut être privé de sa nationalité. (Art. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe essential issues for peace negotiations include the following:
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e. Equal citizenship;
… (Art 68) - Arabicتشمل القضاية الجوهرية لمفاوضات السلام الأتي:
....د. المواطنة المتساوية
(الماده 69)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person who was a citizen of Zambia, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, shall continue to be a citizen of Zambia and shall retain the same citizenship category from the date the citizenship was acquired. (Art. 33)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
• citizenship,
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• nationality,
… (Art. 125) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi:
- la citoyenneté,
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- la nationalité,
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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA child born after the death of the father shall be deemed to be a citizen under this Chapter2 on the same conditions as if the father were alive when that child was born. (Sec. 46)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The president may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Chapter,2 prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter, and for granting special immigrant status with full residential rights to non-Nigerian spouses of citizens of Nigeria who do not wish to acquire Nigerian citizenship.
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Citizenship and Nationality
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Algerian nationality is defined by the law.
The conditions of acquisition, of retention, of loss and of revocation of Algerian nationality are determined by the law. (Art. 36) - Arabic
الجنسية الجزائرية معرفة بالقانون.
يحدد القانون شروط اكتساب الجنسية الجزائرية، والاحتفاظ بها، أو فقدانها، أو التجريد منها. (المــادة 36) - French
La nationalité algérienne est définie par la loi.
Les conditions d'acquisition, de conservation, de perte et de déchéance de la nationalité algérienne sont déterminées par la loi. (Art. 36)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishMozambican nationality shall be lost by a person who:
a. being a national of another State, declares, in accordance with the proper procedures, that he or she does not wish to be Mozambican;
b. having been given Mozambican nationality as a minor by virtue of a legal representative’s declaration, declares, in accordance with the proper procedures, and within one year of reaching the age of majority, that he or she does not wish to be Mozambican, provided that he or she can demonstrate possession of another nationality. (Art. 31) - PortuguesePerde a nacionalidade moçambicana:
a) o que sendo nacional de outro Estado, declare por meios competentes não querer ser moçambicano;
b) aquele a quem, sendo menor, tenha sido atribuída a nacionalidade moçambicana por efeito de declaração do seu representante legal, se declarar, pelos meios competentes até um ano depois de atingir a maioridade, que não quer ser moçambicano e se provar que tem outra nacionalidade. (Art. 31)