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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishEvery person who, on the commencement of this Constitution, is a citizen of Uganda shall continue to be such a citizen. (Art. 9)
Citizenship and Nationality
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(3) Citizenship of Fiji shall only be acquired by birth, registration or naturalisation.
(4) Citizens of Fiji may hold multiple citizenship, which means that—
(a) upon accepting the citizenship of a foreign country, a person remains a citizen of Fiji unless he or she renounces that status;
(b) a former citizen of Fiji, who lost that citizenship upon acquiring foreign citizenship, may regain citizenship of Fiji, while retaining that foreign citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise; and
(c) upon becoming a citizen of Fiji, a foreign person may retain his or her existing citizenship unless the laws of that foreign country provide otherwise.
(5) A written law shall prescribe—
(a) the conditions upon which citizenship of Fiji may be acquired and the conditions upon which a person may become a citizen of Fiji;
(b) procedures relating to the making of applications for citizenship by registration or naturalisation;
(c) conditions relating to the right to enter and reside in Fiji;
(d) provisions for the prevention of statelessness;
(e) rules for the calculation of periods of a person’s lawful presence in Fiji for the purpose of determining citizenship;
(f) provisions relating to the renunciation and deprivation of citizenship; and
(g) such other matters as are necessary to regulate the granting of citizenship. (Sec. 5) - iTaukei
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(3) Na tauri ivolatara mo lewenivanua e Viti, e rawa ga ni vakayacori kevaka o sucu, volai se o sa dede na nomu mai tiko i Viti.
(4) Na lewenivanua e Viti ena rawa mera taukena e vicavata na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei ni vanuatani, kena ibalebale—
(a) ena rawa mo lewenivanua tudei e vanuatani, o se oka tiko ga mo lewenivanua e Viti, vakavo sara ke o kerea me boko na nomu lewenivanua e Viti;
(b) ke dua a lewenivanua tu e Viti qai sa bokoci ni kerea me lai lewenivanua e vanuatani, ena rawa ni volai tale me lewenivanua e Viti, ka maroroya tiko na nona lewenivanua e vanuatani vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya; kei na
(c) dua e sa mai lewenivanua e Viti, ena rawa vua me taukena tiko ga na nona lewenivanua ena vanua taumada vakavo ke sega ni vakadonuya na lawa ni vanua ya.
(5) Na lawa tabaki e dodonu me vakamacalataka—
(a) na rawati ni volatara ni lewenivanua kei na iwalewale ni nona lewenivanua e Viti e dua na tamata;
(b) na ituvatuva ni kena vakarautaki na ivolatara ni lewenivanua ena ivola kerekere se na dede ni nona tiko e Viti;
(c) na iwalewale ni curuvanua se vakaitikotiko e Viti;
(d) na ituvatuva me vakadeitaka na lewenivanua e Viti;
(e) na lawa me cakacakataki kina na balavu ni gauna me tiko kina e Viti, ena qai vakatautaki kina na soli vua ni ivolatara me lewenivanua;
(f) na ituvatuva ni kena vakasukai se bokoci na ivolatara ni lewenivanua tudei; kei na
(g) veika tale e so e gadrevi ena kena vakadeitaka na soli ni ivolatara ni lewenivanua. (Sec. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe naturalized Paraguayan nationals lose nationality by virtue of an unjustified absence [ausencia] from the Republic for more than three years, declared judicially [judicialmente], or by the voluntary acquisition of another nationality. (Art. 150)
- SpanishLos paraguayos naturalizados pierden la nacionalidad en virtud de ausencia injustificada de la República por más de tres años, declarada judicialmente, o por la adquisición voluntaria de otra nacionalidad. (Art. 150)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe Lebanese nationality and the manner in which it is acquired, retained and lost, shall be determined according to the law. (Art. 6)
- Arabicإنّ الجنسيّة اللبنانية و طريقة اكتسابها و حفظها و فقدانها تحدّد بمقتضى القانون. (المادّة 6)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishSubject to section 36(2), persons born outside Zimbabwe are Zimbabwean citizens by descent if, when they were born—
(a) either of their parents or any of their grandparents was a Zimbabwean citizen by birth or descent; or
(b) either of their parents was a Zimbabwean citizen by registration;
and the birth is registered in Zimbabwe in accordance with the law relating to the registration of births. (Sec. 37)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe following powers are expressly delegated to Congress:
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(c) to regulate immigration, emigration, naturalization, and citizenship;
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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThere shall be such provision as may be made by Parliament for—
(a) the acquisition of citizenship by persons who are not eligible or who are no longer eligible to become citizens under the provisions of this Chapter2;
(b) depriving of his or her citizenship any person who is a citizen otherwise than by virtue of section 99, 100 or 101;
(c) the renunciation by any person of his or her citizenship. (Sec. 103)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishCitizenship, naturalization and revocation of citizenship shall be as prescribed by law. (Sec. 346)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံသားဖြစ်ခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံသားပြုခြင်းနှင့် နိုင်ငံသားအဖြစ်မှရပ်စဲခြင်းတို့သည် ဥပဒေဖြင့် ပြဌာန်းသည့်အတိုင်း ဖြစ်စေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၆)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. A person born in The Bahamas after 9th July 1973 neither of whose parents is a citizen of The Bahamas shall be entitled, upon making application on his attaining the age of eighteen years or within twelve months thereafter in such manner as may be prescribed, to be registered as a citizen of The Bahamas:
Provided that if he is a citizen of some country other than The Bahamas he shall not be entitled to be registered as a citizen of The Bahamas under this Article unless he renounces his citizenship of that other country, takes the oath of allegiance and makes and registers such declaration of his intentions concerning residence as may be prescribed.
2. Any application for registration under this Article shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy. (Art. 7)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Subject to Section 64, a citizen who has reached voting age and is of full capacity who-
(a) obtains the nationality or citizenship of another country by a voluntary act (other than marriage);
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loses his citizenship.
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