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Citizenship and Nationality
Portugal
- EnglishThe Assembly of the Republic shall possess exclusive responsibility to legislate on the following matters:
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f) The acquisition, loss and re-acquisition of Portuguese citizenship;
… (Art. 164) - PortugueseÉ da exclusiva competência da Assembleia da República legislar sobre as seguintes matérias:
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f) Aquisição, perda e reaquisição da cidadania portuguesa;
… (Art. 164)
Citizenship and Nationality
El Salvador
- English[The following] are Salvadorans by birth:
1) Those born in the territory of El Salvador;
2) The children of a Salvadoran father or mother, born abroad;
3) The natives [originarios] of the other States that constituted the Federal Republic of Central America, who having [a] domicile in El Salvador, manifest before the competent authorities their will to be Salvadoran, without requiring of them the renunciation of their nationality of origin. (Art. 90) - SpanishSon salvadoreños por nacimiento:
1º- Los nacidos en el territorio de El Salvador;
2º- Los hijos de padre o madre salvadoreños, nacidos en el extranjero;
3º- Los originarios de los demás Estados que constituyeron la República Federal de Centro América, que teniendo domicilio en El Salvador, manifiesten ante las autoridades competentes su voluntad de ser salvadoreños, sin que se requiera la renuncia a su nacionalidad de origen. (Art. 90)
Citizenship and Nationality
Lesotho
- English1. Parliament may make provision for the acquisition of citizenship of Lesotho by persons who are not eligible or who are no longer eligible to become citizens of Lesotho under the provisions of this Chapter.
2. Parliament may make provision for depriving of his citizenship of Lesotho any person other than a person who became or becomes—
a. a citizen of Lesotho by virtue of having been born in Lesotho; or
b. a citizen of Lesotho by descent,
unless he would thereby become stateless.
3. Parliament may make provision for the renunciation by any person of his citizenship of Lesotho. (Sec. 42)
Citizenship and Nationality
India
- EnglishNotwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this Constitution if—
(a) he or either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted);
… (Art. 6) - Hindiअनुच्छेद 5 में किसी बात के होते हुए भी, कोई व्यक्ति जिसने ऐसे राज्यक्षेत्र से जो इस समय पाकिस्तान के अंतर्गत है, भारत के राज्यक्षेत्र को प्रव्रजन किया है, इस संविधान के प्रारंभ पर भारत का नागरिक समझा जाएगा—
(क) यदि वह अथवा उसके माता या पिता में से कोई अथवा उसके पितामह या पितामही या मातामह या मातामही में से कोई (मूल रूप में यथा अधिनियमित) भारत शासन अधिनियम, 1935 में परिभाषित भारत में जन्मा था;
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Citizenship and Nationality
Mozambique
- 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.
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Citizenship and Nationality
Ukraine
- EnglishA citizen of Ukraine shall not be deprived of citizenship and of the right to change citizenship.
... (Art. 25) - UkrainianГромадянин України не може бути позбавлений громадянства і права змінити громадянство.
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Citizenship and Nationality
Guyana
- EnglishEvery person, who immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, is a citizen of Guyana shall continue to be a citizen of Guyana. (Art. 41)
Citizenship and Nationality
India
- EnglishCitizenship, naturalisation and aliens. (Seventh Schedule: List I – Union List, Art. 17)
- Hindiनागरिकता, समीकरण और विदेशी। (सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची I – संघ सूची, अनुच्छेद 17)
Citizenship and Nationality
Mozambique
- 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)
Citizenship and Nationality
Australia
- EnglishThe Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to:
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(xix) naturalization and aliens;
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