Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea 1975, as amended to 2016
Political Parties
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    (1) An Organic law shall make provision-
    (a) requiring any political party or organization having political aims and desiring to nominate a candidate for election to the Parliament, or to publicly support such a candidate as representing its views, to register with an appropriate body established by an Organic Law such reasonable particulars as are prescribed by Organic Law; and
    (b) requiring any such party or organization to disclose to the Ombudsman Commission or some other authority prescribed by the law in such manner, at such times and with such details as are prescribed in or under the law-
    i. its assets and income, and their sources; and
    ii. its expenditure on or connected with an election or the support of a candidate; and
    (c) prohibiting non-citizens from membership of, and from contributing to the funds of, any such party or organization; and
    (d) defining the corporations and organizations that are to be regarded as non-citizens for the purposes of a provision made for the purposes of paragraph (c); and
    (e) limiting the amount of contributions that such a party or organization may receive from any source or sources; and
    (f) requiring persons who have made, or may have made, contributions to any such party or organization to give to the Ombudsman Commission, or some other authority, details of any such contribution.
    (g) authorizing the funding of registered political parties from the National Budget and establishing a body to manage and distribute the funds in accordance with established procedures; and
    (h) authorizing the payment in certain circumstances of a percentage of electoral expenses incurred by a female candidate in an election.
    … (Sec. 129)
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Section 65 on Automatic Citizenship on Independence Day, Section 66 on Citizenship by Descent and Marriage, Section 67 on Citizenship by Naturalization.
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Section 64 on Dual Citizenship.

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Division 3 on Basic Rights.
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Division 3 on Basic Rights.

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Division 3 on Basic Rights.

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Division 3 on Basic Rights.

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Subdivision C on Qualified Rights.