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Citizenship and Nationality
- English
A person who on the thirtieth day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight was included in one of the classes of persons who constituted the Nauruan Community within the meaning of the Nauruan Community Ordinance 1956-1966 of Nauru is a Nauruan citizen. (Art. 71)
Citizenship and Nationality
- 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
- English
10. Management Sector
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(j) Citizenship, naturalization, termination and revocation of citizenship, citizenship scrutiny and registration;
... (Schedule One, Union Legislative List [Section 96]) - Burmese
၁၀။ စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေးကဏ္ဍ
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(ည) နိုင်ငံသားဖြစ်ခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံသားပြုခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံသားအဖြစ်မှရပ်စဲခြင်း၊ ရုပ်သိမ်းခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံသားစိစစ်ရေးနှင့် မှတ်ပုံတင်လုပ်ငန်း၊
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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe following persons are Ecuadorians by birth:
1. Persons born in Ecuador.
2. Persons born abroad of a mother or father born in Ecuador and their descendants up to the third degree of consanguinity.
3. Persons belonging to communities, peoples or nations recognized by the State living in border areas. (Art. 7) - SpanishSon ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos por nacimiento:
1. Las personas nacidas en el Ecuador.
2. Las personas nacidas en el extranjero de madre o padre nacidos en el Ecuador; y sus descendientes hasta el tercer grado de consanguinidad.
3. Las personas pertenecientes a comunidades, pueblos o nacionalidades reconocidos por el Ecuador con presencia en las zonas de frontera. (Art. 7)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Subject to Subsection (2), citizenship once lost can be regained-
(a) in the case of citizenship by virtue of Section 65 (automatic citizenship on Independence Day) or 66 (citizenship by decent) only after five years continuous residence in the country after the loss of citizenship, and in the deliberate judgement (but subject to Division 4 (Citizenship Advisory Committee)) of the Minister responsible for citizenship matters; and
(b) in the case of citizenship by naturalization only in accordance with the law relating to naturalization, for which purpose any period of residence in the country before the loss of citizenship shall be disregarded.
(2) Where a person-
(a) was a citizen by virtue of Section 65 (automatic citizenship on Independence Day) or 66 (citizenship by descent); and
(b) married, before, on or after Independence Day, a person who was a national or citizen of another country; and
(c) became, on or during the marriage, a national or citizen of the country of which his spouse was at that time a national or citizen, and the marriage has permanently broken up, the reference in Subsection (1)(a) to a period of five years shall be read as a reference to a period of three years commencing-
(d) if the person was, at the time when the marriage broke up, resident in the country on the date on which it broke up; or
(e) if the person was at that time resident outside the country on his return to reside in the country. (Sec. 73)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Mozambican nationality may be by origin or it may be acquired.
2. The requirements for the attribution, acquisition, loss and re-acquisition of nationality are determined by the Constitution and regulated by law. (Art. 5) - Portuguese1. A nacionalidade moçambicana pode ser originária ou adquirida.
2. Os requisitos de atribuição, aquisição, perda e reaquisição da nacionalidade são determinados pela Constituição e regulados por lei. (Art. 5)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe rules which govern the Saudi Arabian nationality shall be defined by the law. (Basic Law, Art. 35)
- Arabicيبين النّظام أحكام الجنسية العربية السعودية. (النظام الأساسي، المادة 35)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThose who obtain their naturalization in accordance with the law are Guatemalans.
The naturalized Guatemalans, have the same rights as those of origin, except for the limitations established in this Constitution. (Art. 146) - SpanishSon guatemaltecos, quienes obtengan su naturalización, de conformidad con la ley.
Los guatemaltecos naturalizados, tienen los mismos derechos que los de origen, salvo las limitaciones que establece esta Constitución. (Art. 146)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA national of a foreign state or a stateless person may apply to be naturalised as a citizen of Vanuatu if he has lived continuously in Vanuatu for at least 10 years immediately before the date of the application.
Parliament may prescribe further conditions of the eligibility to apply for naturalisation and shall provide for the machinery to review and decide on applications for naturalisation. (Art. 12) - FrenchPeut demander à être naturalisé citoyen de Vanuatu toute personne de nationalité étrangère et tout apatride qui, à la date de la demande, a vécu au moins dix années consécutives à Vanuatu.
Le Parlement peut fixer des conditions supplémentaires à remplir pour pouvoir demander la naturalisation et doit déterminer la procédure applicable à l'instruction des demandes de naturalisation ainsi que les suites à y donner. (Art. 12)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishNotwithstanding the provisions of Chapter III3 of this Constitution but subject to section 28 thereof, any person who became a citizen of Nigeria by birth, registration or naturalisation under the provisions of any other Constitution shall continue to be a citizen of Nigeria under this Constitution. (Sec. 309)