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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either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted);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;
… (अनुच्छेद 6)
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.
… (Стаття 25)
Citizenship and Nationality
Uganda
- EnglishThe following persons shall be citizens of Uganda by birth-
a. every person born in Uganda one of whose parents or grandparents is or was a member of any of the indigenous communities existing and residing within the borders of Uganda as at the first day of February, 1926, and set out in the Third Schedule to this Constitution; and
b. every person born in or outside Uganda one of whose parents or grandparents was at the time of birth of that person a citizen of Uganda by birth. (Art. 10)
Citizenship and Nationality
Paraguay
- EnglishThe exercise of citizenship is suspended:
1. because of the adoption of another nationality, excepting international reciprocity;
… (Art. 153) - SpanishSe suspende el ejercicio de la ciudadanía:
1. por la adopción de otra nacionalidad, salvo reciprocidad internacional;
… (Art. 153)
Citizenship and Nationality
Korea, Republic of
- English1. Nationality in the Republic of Korea shall be prescribed by law.
… (Art. 2) - Korean①대한민국의 국민이 되는 요건은 법률로 정한다.
... (제2조)
Citizenship and Nationality
Marshall Islands
- English(1) A person who, immediately before the effective date of this Constitution, was a citizen of the Trust Territory shall on that date become a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, if he or either of his parents has land rights.2
(2) A person born on or after the effective date of this Constitution shall be a citizen of the Republic if:
(a) at the date of his birth, either of his parents is a citizen of the Republic; or
(b) he is born in the Republic and is not at his birth entitled to be or become a citizen of any other country.
… (Art. XI, Sec. 1)
Citizenship and Nationality
Zimbabwe
- English(1) Any person who has been married to a Zimbabwean citizen for at least five years, whether before or after the effective date, and who satisfies the conditions prescribed by an Act of Parliament, is entitled, on application, to be registered as a Zimbabwean citizen.
(2) Any person who has been continuously and lawfully resident in Zimbabwe for at least ten years, whether before or after the effective date, and who satisfies the conditions prescribed by an Act of Parliament, is entitled, on application, to be registered as a Zimbabwean citizen.
(3) A child who is not a Zimbabwean citizen, but is adopted by a Zimbabwean citizen, whether before or after the effective date, is entitled, on application, to be registered as a Zimbabwean citizen. (Sec. 38)
Citizenship and Nationality
Antigua and Barbuda
- EnglishThe following persons shall become citizens at the date of their birth on or after 1st November 1981-
a. every person born in Antigua and Barbuda:
Provided that a person shall not become a citizen by virtue of this paragraph if at the time of his birth
i. neither of his parents is a citizen and either of them possess such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Antigua and Barbuda; or
ii. either of his parents is a citizen of a country with which Her Majesty is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country;
b. every person born outside Antigua and Barbuda if at the date of his birth either of his parents is or would have been but for that parent's death, a citizen by virtue of section 112 of this Constitution or paragraph (a) of this section;
c. every person born outside Antigua and Barbuda if at the date of his birth either of his parents is, or would have been but for that parent's death, a citizen employed in service under the Government or under an authority of the Government that requires him or her to reside outside Antigua and Barbuda for the proper discharge of his or her functions. (Sec. 113)
Citizenship and Nationality
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- English(1) In this Chapter-
…
"father" in relation to a child born out of wedlock and not legitimated includes a person who acknowledges and can show that he is the father of the child.
… (Sec. 95)
Citizenship and Nationality
Myanmar
- EnglishAll persons who have either one of the following qualifications are citizens of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar:
(a) person born of parents both of whom are nationals of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar;
(b) person who is already a citizen according to law on the day this Constitution comes into operation. (Sec. 345) - Burmeseအောက်ဖော်ပြပါအရည်အချင်းတစ်ရပ်ရပ်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူများသည် ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ နိုင်ငံသားများဖြစ်ကြသည် -
(က) ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ တိုင်းရင်းသားမိဘနှစ်ပါးမှ မွေးဖွားသူ၊
(ခ) ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အတည်ပြုပြဌာန်းသည့်နေ့တွင် ဥပဒေအရ နိုင်ငံသားဖြစ်သားဖြစ်ပြီးသူ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၅)