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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA persons born outside The Bahamas after 9th July 1973 shall become a citizen of The Bahamas at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of The Bahamas otherwise than by virtue of this Article or Article 3(2) of this Constitution. (Art. 8)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishNationality is not lost even by naturalization in another country, it being sufficient for the purpose of retaining the rights of citizenship merely to take up residence in the Republic and register in the Civil Register.
Legal citizenship is lost by any other form of subsequent naturalization. (Art. 81) - SpanishLa nacionalidad no se pierde ni aun por naturalizarse en otro país, bastando simplemente, para recuperar el ejercicio de los derechos de ciudadanía, avecinarse en la República e inscribirse en el Registro Cívico.
La ciudadanía legal se pierde por cualquier otra forma de naturalización ulterior. (Art. 81)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishNeither marriage, civil union, nor legal separation will affect the citizenship of spouses, partners, or children. (Art. 37)
- SpanishEl matrimonio, la unión de hecho o su disolución no afectan la ciudadanía de los cónyuges, de los unidos o de sus hijos. (Art. 37)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. A person, who on 1st November 1981, is a citizen or entitled to be registered as such and is also a citizen of some other country or entitled to be registered as such shall not solely on the ground that he is or becomes a citizen of that country, be
a. deprived of his citizenship;
b. refused registration as a citizen; or
c. required to renounce his citizenship of that other country, by or under any law.
2. A person referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall not
a. be refused a passport of Antigua and Barbuda or have such a passport withdrawn, cancelled, or impounded solely on the ground that he is in possession of a passport issued by some other country of which he is a citizen; or
b. be required to surrender or be prohibited from acquiring a passport issued by some other country of which he is a citizen before being issued with a passport of Antigua and Barbuda or as a condition of retaining such a passport. (Sec. 115)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe ability of Dominicans to acquire a foreign nationality is recognized. The acquisition of another nationality does not imply the loss of Dominican nationality.
… (Art. 20) - SpanishSe reconoce a dominicanas y dominicanos la facultad de adquirir una nacionalidad extranjera. La adquisición de otra nacionalidad no implica la pérdida de la dominicana.
… (Art. 20)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishAny person who is married to a citizen of Grenada or who has been married to a person who was, during the subsistence of the marriage, a citizen of Grenada shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed by or under a law enacted by Parliament, and if he is a British protected person or an alien taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Grenada. (Sec. 98)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English…
(2) Any reference in this Chapter to the father of a person shall, in relation to any person born out of wedlock other than a person legitimated before 30th November 1966, be construed as a reference to the mother of that person.
… (Sec. 10)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishAny person who became a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago by virtue of registration under the former Constitution or by virtue of an acquisition of citizenship under Part II of the Trinidad and Tobago Citizenship Act, and who has not ceased to be a citizen under any law in force in Trinidad and Tobago, shall continue to be a citizen under this Constitution. (Sec. 16)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
The Federative Republic of Brazil, formed by the indissoluble union of the states and municipalities and of the Federal District, is a legal democratic state and is founded on:
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II – citizenship;
… (Art. 1) - Portuguese
A República Federativa do Brasil, formada pela união indissolúvel dos Estados e Municípios e do Distrito Federal, constitui-se em Estado Democrático de Direito e tem como fundamentos:
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II - a cidadania
… (Art. 1)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe substantive and procedural rules relating to the acquisition, election, renunciation and recovery of the Venezuelan nationality, as well as the revocation and withdrawal of naturalization, shall be determined by law, in compliance with the foregoing provisions. (Art. 38)
- SpanishLa ley dictará, de conformidad con las disposiciones anteriores, las normas sustantivas y procesales relacionadas con la adquisición, opción, renuncia y recuperación de la nacionalidad venezolana, así como con la revocación y nulidad de la naturalización. (Art. 38)