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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe National Popular Assembly has exclusive competence to legislate on:
a. The Guinean nationality;
… (Art. 86) - PortugueseÉ da exclusiva competência da Assembleia Nacional Popular legislar sobre as seguintes matérias:
a) Nacionalidade guineense;
... (Art. 86)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Any person who—
(a) is married to a citizen of The Gambia and, since the marriage, has been ordinarily resident in The Gambia for a period of not less than seven years; or
(b) has been married to another who was, during the subsistence of the marriage, a citizen of The Gambia and, since the end of the marriage (whether by annulment, divorce or death), has been ordinarily resident in The Gambia for a period of not less than seven years, shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of the National Assembly, to be registered as a citizen of The Gambia.
(2) The annulment of a marriage of a person who has been registered as a citizen of The Gambia under this section, or under the provisions of any earlier law for the registration as a citizen of The Gambia of a person on account of marriage, shall not affect that person's status as a citizen of The Gambia. (Sec. 11)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
1. The House of Peoples' Representatives shall have the power of legislation in all matters assigned by this Constitution to Federal jurisdiction.
2. Consistent with the provision of sub-Article 1 of this Article, the House of Peoples' Representatives shall enact specific laws on the following matters:
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e. Nationality,
… (Art. 55) - Amharic
1. የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በዚህ ሕገ መንግሥት መሰረት ለፌዴራሉ መንግሥት በተሰጠው የሥልጣን ክልል ሕጐችን ያወጣል፡፡
2. በዚህ አንቀጽ ንዑስ አንቀጽ 1 የተመለከተው አጠቃላይ ድንጋጌ እንደተጠበቀ ሆኖ፣ የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በሚከተሉት ጉዳዮች ላይ ዝርዝር ሕግ ያወጣል፤
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ሠ/ የዜግነት መብትን፤
… (አንቀጽ 55)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Persons born in Mozambique after the proclamation of independence are Mozambican nationals.
2. This rule shall not apply to children born of a foreign father and a foreign mother, when either of them is in Mozambique in the employ of the government of his or her country.
… (Art. 24) - Portuguese1. São moçambicanos os cidadãos nascidos em Moçambique após a proclamação da independência.
2. Exceptuam-se os filhos de pai e mãe estrangeiros quando qualquer deles se encontre em Moçambique ao serviço do Estado a que pertence.
… (Art. 24)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The death of a citizen of Eswatini shall not affect the citizenship of a surviving spouse or child or another dependant.(2) Loss of Eswatini citizenship by a person shall not of itself affect the citizenship of a spouse or child. (Sec. 52)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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2° The status of persons and of assets:
- nationality, … (Art. 164) - KirundiIbitegerezwa kuringanizwa n’amabwirizwa ni ibi:
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2° Ivyerekeye amabwirizwa agenga abantu n’ivyabo:
– ibiraba ubwenegihugu, … (Ingingo ya 164) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi :
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2° Le statut des personnes et des biens :
- nationalité, … (Art. 164)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person who was a citizen of Zambia, immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, shall continue to be a citizen of Zambia and shall retain the same citizenship category from the date the citizenship was acquired. (Art. 33)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The president may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Chapter,2 prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter, and for granting special immigrant status with full residential rights to non-Nigerian spouses of citizens of Nigeria who do not wish to acquire Nigerian citizenship.
… (Sec. 32)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishMozambican nationality shall be lost by a person who:
a. being a national of another State, declares, in accordance with the proper procedures, that he or she does not wish to be Mozambican;
b. having been given Mozambican nationality as a minor by virtue of a legal representative’s declaration, declares, in accordance with the proper procedures, and within one year of reaching the age of majority, that he or she does not wish to be Mozambican, provided that he or she can demonstrate possession of another nationality. (Art. 31) - PortuguesePerde a nacionalidade moçambicana:
a) o que sendo nacional de outro Estado, declare por meios competentes não querer ser moçambicano;
b) aquele a quem, sendo menor, tenha sido atribuída a nacionalidade moçambicana por efeito de declaração do seu representante legal, se declarar, pelos meios competentes até um ano depois de atingir a maioridade, que não quer ser moçambicano e se provar que tem outra nacionalidade. (Art. 31)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishEvery person who immediately before the coming into operation of this Constitution is a citizen of Lesotho under the Lesotho Citizenship Order 1971 shall, on the coming into operation of this Constitution and subject to any provision made in or under this Chapter,2 continue to be a citizen of Lesotho. (Sec. 37)