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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe President of the Republic:
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21) shall grant citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to the procedure established by law;
… (Art. 84) - LithuanianRespublikos Prezidentas:
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21) įstatymo nustatyta tvarka teikia Lietuvos Respublikos pilietybę;
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Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Every person who was a citizen immediately before the effective date retains the same citizenship status as of that date.
(2) Citizenship may be acquired by birth or registration.
(3) Citizenship is not lost through marriage or the dissolution of marriage. (Art. 13) - Swahili(1) Kila mtu ambaye alikuwa raia muda mfupi kabla ya tarehe ya utekelezaji anabaki na hadhi iyo hiyo ya uraia hadi kufikia tarehe hiyo.
(2) Uraia unaweza kupatikana kwa kuzaliwa au kujiandikisha.
(3) Uraia haupotei kwa njia ya ndoa au kuvunjika kwa ndoa. (Kifungu cha 13)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishBolivian nationality is acquired by birth or by naturalization. Persons who are born in the territory of Bolivia are Bolivians by birth, with the exception of children of foreign personnel on diplomatic mission; persons born abroad of a Bolivian mother or father are Bolivians by birth. (Art. 141)
- SpanishI. La nacionalidad boliviana se adquiere por nacimiento o por naturalización. Son bolivianas y bolivianos por nacimiento, las personas nacidas en el territorio boliviano, con excepción de las hijas y los hijos de personal extranjero en misión diplomática; y las personas nacidas en el extranjero, de madre boliviana o de padre boliviano. (Art. 141)
Citizenship and Nationality
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2. Citizenship of Georgia shall be acquired by birth or naturalisation. The procedures for acquiring and losing the citizenship of Georgia, the conditions and procedures for granting citizenship of Georgia to a foreign citizen and the conditions for holding citizenship of another state by a citizen of Georgia shall be determined by the organic law.
3. The deprivation of citizenship shall be inadmissible.
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2. საქართველოს მოქალაქეობა მოიპოვება დაბადებით ან ნატურალიზაციით. საქართველოს მოქალაქეობის მოპოვებისა და დაკარგვის წესი, სხვა სახელმწიფოს მოქალაქისთვის საქართველოს მოქალაქეობის მინიჭების პირობები და წესი და საქართველოს მოქალაქის მიერ სხვა სახელმწიფოს მოქალაქეობის ფლობის პირობები განისაზღვრება ორგანული კანონით.
3. მოქალაქეობის ჩამორთმევა დაუშვებელია.
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Citizenship and Nationality
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(3) Every person has the right to freely decide which national group he or she is a member of. All manner of influence or coercion that may affect or lead to a denial of a person's original nationality shall be prohibited.
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(3) Kaţdý má právo slobodne rozhodovať o svojej národnosti. Zakazuje sa akékoľvek ovplyvňovanie tohto rozhodovania a všetky spôsoby nátlaku smerujúce k odnárodňovaniu.
... (Čl. 12)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishCubans may not be deprived of their citizenship, except for legally sanctioned causes.
The law establishes the procedure to be followed in order to formalize the loss or renouncement of citizenship as well as the authorities empowered to decide in these cases. (Art. 38) - SpanishLos cubanos no pueden ser privados de su ciudadanía, salvo por causas legalmente establecidas.
La ley establece el procedimiento a seguir para la formalización de la pérdida y renuncia de la ciudadanía y las autoridades facultadas para decidirlo. (Art. 38)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishIranian citizenship is the indisputable right of every Iranian, and the government cannot withdraw citizenship from any Iranian unless he himself requests it or acquires the citizenship of another country. (Art. 41)
- Persianتابعیت کشور ایران حق مسلم هر فرد ایرانی است و دولت نمیتواند از هیچ ایرانی سلب تابعیت کند، مگر به درخواست خود او یا در صورتی که به تابعیت کشور دیگری درآید. (اصل 41)
Citizenship and Nationality
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1. Every person of I-Kiribati descent2 who having been born outside Kiribati is on the day prior to Independence Day a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his father becomes or would but for his death or renunciation of his citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies have become a citizen of Kiribati by virtue of subsection (1) or (3) of the preceding section, become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day.
2. Every person not of I-Kiribati descent who having been born outside Kiribati is an eligible person shall, if his father becomes or would but for his death have become a citizen of Kiribati by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of the preceding section, become a citizen of Kiribati on Independence Day. (Sec. 21)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a citizen of Malawi under any existing law shall continue to be a citizen of Malawi after the appointed day.
2. An Act of Parliament may make provision for the acquisition or loss of citizenship of Malawi by any person after the appointed day, but citizenship shall not be arbitrarily denied or deprived.
3. In this section, the expression—
a. “acquisition of citizenship” includes acquisition by birth, descent, marriage, registration, naturalization or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament; and
b. “loss of citizenship” includes loss by deprivation, renunciation or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament. (Sec. 47)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe status [calidad] of [a] naturalized Salvadoran is lost:
1) By residing for more than two consecutive years in the country of origin or by absence from the territory of the Republic for more than five consecutive years, unless in case of a permission granted in accordance with the law;
2) By executed sentence, in the cases determined by the law. Anyone who loses his nationality in this manner cannot recover it. (Art. 94) - SpanishLa calidad de salvadoreño naturalizado se pierde:
1º- Por residir más de dos años consecutivos en el país de origen o por ausencia del territorio de la República por más de cinco años consecutivos, salvo en caso de permiso otorgado conforme a la ley;
2º- Por sentencia ejecutoriada, en los casos que determine la ley. Quien pierda así la nacionalidad, no podrá recuperarla. (Art. 94)