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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
(1) An Act of Parliament may make provision —
(a) for the acquisition of citizenship of Tuvalu by persons who are not otherwise eligible to become citizens of Tuvalu by virtue of this Part; or
(b) for the renunciation by any person of his citizenship of Tuvalu; or
(c) for the maintenance of a register of citizens of Tuvalu who are also citizens or nationals of another country; or
(d) subject to subsection (2), for depriving any person of his citizenship of Tuvalu,
and generally for carrying into effect the purposes of this Part.
(2) Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to a person who —
(a) became a citizen automatically on Independence Day, by virtue of section 19 (persons who became citizens on Independence Day) of the Independence Constitution; or
(b) became a citizen by birth under —
(i) section 22 (persons born in Tuvalu after the day prior to Independence Day) of the Independence Constitution; or
(ii) section 23 (persons born outside Tuvalu after the day prior to independence Day) of the Independence Constitution; or
(iii) section 45 (citizenship by birth) of the Constitution 1986; or
(iv) section 46 (citizenship by birth) of this Constitution. (Sec. 48)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishNo citizen may be deprived of citizenship. (Sec. 20)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
Foreigners may be naturalized, with prior renunciation of their nationality and by solicitation before the competent authority, when they fulfill the requirements and conditions that the law on the matter establishes. (Art. 19)
- Spanish
Los extranjeros pueden ser nacionalizados, previa renuncia a su nacionalidad y mediante solicitud ante autoridad competente, cuando cumplieren los requisitos y condiciones que establezcan las leyes de la materia. (Art. 19)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) There shall be one status of citizenship known as “the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka”.
(2) A citizen of Sri Lanka shall for all purposes be described only as a “citizen of Sri Lanka”, whether such person became entitled to citizenship by descent or by virtue of registration in accordance with the law relating to citizenship.
(3) No distinction shall be drawn between citizens of Sri Lanka for any purpose by reference to the mode of acquisition of such status, as to whether acquired by descent or by virtue of registration.
(4) No citizen of Sri Lanka shall be deprived of his status of a citizen of Sri Lanka, except under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the Citizenship Act:
Provided that the provisions of sections 23 and 24 of that Act shall also be applicable to a person who became entitled to the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka by virtue of registration under the provisions of section 11, 12 or 13 of that Act.
(5) Every person who immediately prior to the commencement of the Constitution was a citizen of Sri Lanka, whether by descent or by virtue of registration in accordance with any law relating to citizenship, shall be entitled to the status and to the rights of a citizen of Sri Lanka as provided in the preceding provisions of this Article.
(6) The provisions of all existing written laws relating to citizenship and all other existing written laws wherein reference is made to citizenship shall be read subject to the preceding provisions of this Article. (Art. 26) - Sinhala(1) "ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වය" යනුවෙන් හඳුන්වනු ලබන එකම පුරවැසි තත්ත්වයක් විය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුට, පුරවැසිභාවය හිමි වූයේ පරම්පරාවෙන් වුව ද, පුරවැසිභාවය පිළිබඳ නීතියට අනුකූලව ලියාපදිංචිවීමෙන් වුව ද, ඒ තැනැත්තා සියලු කාර්ය සඳහා "ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක්" යනුවෙන් පමණක් විස්තර කරනු ලබන්නේ ය.
(3) පුරවැසි තත්ත්වය අත්කර ගනු ලැබූ ආකාරය, එනම්, පරම්පරාවෙන් ද, නැතහොත් ලියාපදිංචි වීමෙන් ද යනු සලකා කවර වූ හෝ කාර්යයක් සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියන් වෙසෙසා නොදැක්විය යුත්තේ ය.
(4) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කිසිම පුරවැසියකුට පුරවැසියකු වශයෙන් ඔහුගේ තත්ත්වය පුරවැසි පනතේ 19 වැනි, 20 වැනි, 21 වැනි සහ 22 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන යටතේ සහ ඒ වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන ප්රකාර මිස අහිමි නො කළ යුත්තේ ය:
එසේ වුව ද, පුරවැසි පනතේ 11 වැනි, 12 වැනි හෝ 13 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන යටතේ ලියාපදිංචි කරනු ලැබීමෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වයට හිමිකම් ලැබූ තැනැත්තකුට ඒ පනතේ 23 වැනි සහ 24 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන ද අදාළ වන්නේ ය.
(5) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව ක්රියාත්මකවීම ආරම්භ වන තෙක් පරම්පරාවෙන් නැතහොත් පුරවැසිභාවය පිළිබඳ යම් නීතියකට අනුකූලව ලියාපදිංචි වීමෙන් හෝ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුව සිටි සෑම තැනැත්තකුට ම, මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ මීට ඉහතින් ඇති විධිවිධානවලින් විධිවිධාන සලසා ඇති පරිදි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වයට සහ ශ්රී ලංකා පුරවැසියකුගේ අයිතිවාසිකම්වලට හිමිකම් ලැඛෙන්නේ ය.
(6) පුරවැසිභාවය හා සම්බන්ධ සියලු පවත්නා ලිඛිත නීති සහ පුරවැසිභාවය ගැන සඳහන් කරන වෙනත් සියලු පවත්නා ලිඛිත නීති මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ මීට ඉහතින් වූ විධිවිධානවලට යටත්ව තේරුම් ගත යුත්තේ ය. (26 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe essential issues for peace negotiations include the following:
…
e. Equal citizenship;
… (Art 68) - Arabicتشمل القضاية الجوهرية لمفاوضات السلام الأتي:
....د. المواطنة المتساوية
(الماده 69)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe following are Panamanian by birth:
1. Those born in the National territory;
2. The offspring of parents who are Panamanian by birth, born outside the territory of the Republic, provided they establish their domicile in the National territory;
3. The offspring of parents who are Panamanian by naturalization, born outside the territory of the Republic, provided they establish their domicile in the Republic of Panama and state their desire to elect Panamanian citizenship, not later than one year after reaching legal age. (Art. 9) - SpanishSon panameños por nacimiento:
1. Los nacidos en el territorio nacional.
2. Los hijos de padre o madre panameños por nacimiento nacidos fuera del territorio de la República, si aquellos establecen su domicilio en el territorio nacional.
3. Los hijos de padre o madre panameños por naturalización nacidos fuera del territorio nacional, si aquellos establecen su domicilio en la República de Panamá y manifiestan su voluntad de acogerse a la nacionalidad panameña a más tardar un año después de su mayoría de edad. (Art. 9)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. There shall be original citizenship and acquired citizenship in the Democratic Republic of East Timor.
2. The following citizens shall be considered original citizens of East Timor, as long as they are born in the national territory:
a) Children of father or mother born in East Timor;
b) Children of incognito parents, stateless parents or parents of unknown nationality;
c) Children of a foreign father or mother who, being over seventeen years old, declare their will to become East Timorese nationals.
3. Irrespective of being born in a foreign country, children of a Timorese father or mother shall be considered original citizens of East Timor.
a) Children of an East Timorese father or mother living overseas;
b) Children of an East Timorese father or mother serving the State outside the country;
4. Acquisition, loss and reacquisition of citizenship, as well as its registration and proof, shall be regulated by law. (Sec. 3) - Tetum1. Iha Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste nia laran iha sidadania nanis no sidadania husun.
2. Sidadaun nanis Timór-Leste nian maka ema ne’ebé moris nanis iha rai nasionál laran:
a) oan sira-ne’ebé aman ka inan moris iha Timór-Leste;
b) oan sira-ne’ebé inan-aman laiha, nasionalidade eh rai moris-fatin lahatene;
c) oan sira-ne’ebé aman ka inan ema raiseluk, ne’ebé idade liu ona tinan sanulu resin hitu, no sira rasik hili sai timoroan;
3. Sidadaun nanis Timór-Leste nian mós sira-ne’ebé, biar moris iha rai-liur, sira-nia aman ka inan, timoroan.
4. Lei-oan mak sei regula kona-ba akizisaun, lakon no hetan filafali sidadania, nune’e mós sidadaun sira-nia rejistu no prova. (Art. 3) - Portuguese1. Na República Democrática de Timor-Leste existe cidadania originária e cidadania adquirida.
2. São cidadãos originários de Timor-Leste, desde que tenham nascido em território nacional:
a) Os filhos de pai ou mãe nascidos em Timor-Leste;
b) Os filhos de pais incógnitos, apátridas ou de nacionalidade desconhecida;
c) Os filhos de pai ou mãe estrangeiros que, sendo maiores de dezassete anos, declarem, por si, querer ser timorenses.
3. São cidadãos originários de Timor-Leste, ainda que nascidos em território estrangeiro, os filhos de pai ou mãe timorenses.
4. A aquisição, perda e reaquisição de cidadania, bem como o seu registo e prova, são regulados por lei. (Art. 3)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe conditions of acquisition and of loss of Chadian nationality are established by the law. (Art. 11)
- Arabicيحدد القانون شروط اكتساب وفقدان الجنسية التشادية. (المادة 11)
- FrenchLes conditions d'acquisition et de perte de la nationalité tchadienne sont fixées par la loi. (Art. 11)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Subject to clause (2), a person is entitled to apply to the Citizenship Board of Zambia to be registered as a citizen if that person has attained the age of eighteen years and—
a. was born in Zambia and has been ordinarily resident in Zambia for a period of at least five years;
b. was born outside Zambia, has or had an ancestor who is, or was, a citizen and has been ordinarily resident in Zambia for a period of at least five years; or
c. has been ordinarily resident in Zambia for a continuous period of at least ten years; immediately preceding that person’s application for registration, as prescribed.
2. Notwithstanding clause (1), a person who is, or was married to a citizen, for a period of at least five years, is entitled to apply to the Citizenship Board of Zambia, to be registered as a citizen, as prescribed. (Art. 37)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThere shall be such provision as may be made by Parliament
(a) for the naturalization as citizens of persons who are not entitled to become citizens under section 92;
(b) for the renunciation by any person of his or her citizenship;
… (Sec. 94)