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Citizenship and Nationality
- 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either of his parents or any of his grand-parents was born in India as defined in the Government of India Act, 1935 (as originally enacted);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
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(4) If the Federal Government is satisfied that any woman who is a citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article 15 has acquired the citizenship of any country outside the Federation by virtue of her marriage to a person who is not a citizen, the Federal Government may by order deprive her of her citizenship. (Art. 24) - Malay…
(4) Jika Kerajaan Persekutuan berpuas hati bahawa mana-mana perempuan yang menjadi warganegara melalui pendaftaran di bawah Fasal (1) Perkara 15 telah memperoleh kewarganegaraan mana-mana negara di luar Persekutuan oleh sebab perkahwinannya dengan seseorang yang bukan warganegara, maka Kerajaan Persekutuan boleh melalui perintah melucutkan kewarganegaraan perempuan itu. (Perkara 24)
Citizenship and Nationality
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22. Citizenship, passport, visa, immigration
… (Schedule 5, List of Federal Powers/Jurisdiction) - Nepali
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२२. नागरिकता, राहदानी, भिसा, अध्यागमन
… (अनुसूची–५ : संघको अधिकारको सूची)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe conditions necessary for being a Japanese national shall be determined by law. (Art. 10)
- Japanese日本国民たる要件は、法律でこれを定める。(第10条)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The Government may, by order, deprive a citizen of Singapore of his citizenship if the Government is satisfied that —
(a) he has, while of or over the age of 18 years, at any time after 6th April 1960 acquired by registration, naturalisation or other voluntary and formal act (other than marriage) the citizenship of any country outside Singapore or having so acquired such citizenship before the age of 18 years continues to retain it after that age; or
(b) the citizen, being a woman who is a citizen of Singapore by registration under Article 123(2), has acquired the citizenship of any country outside Singapore by virtue of her marriage to a person who is not a citizen of Singapore.
… (Art. 134)
Citizenship and Nationality
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Omani nationality shall be regulated by the law. It is not permitted to forfeit it or withdraw it except within the limits of the law. (Art. 19)
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الجنسية العمانية ينظمها القانون، ولا يجوز إسقاطها أو سحبها إلا في حدود القانون. (المادة ١٩)
Citizenship and Nationality
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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
- EnglishCitizenship, naturalisation and aliens. (Seventh Schedule: List I – Union List, Art. 17)
- Hindiनागरिकता, समीकरण और विदेशी। (सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची I – संघ सूची, अनुच्छेद 17)
Citizenship and Nationality
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7. The President decides on the acceptance and renunciation of citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic.
… (Art. 70) - Russian
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7. Президент решает вопросы принятия и выхода из гражданства Кыргызской Республики.
… (Статья 70) - Kyrgyz
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7. Президент Кыргыз Республикасынын жарандыгына кабыл алуу жана жарандыгынан чыгаруу маселелерин чечет.
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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe UAE has exclusive legislative and executive jurisdiction in the following matters:
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16. The federal nationality, … (Art. 120) - Arabicينفرد الاتحاد بالتشريع والتنفيذ في الشؤون التالية
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16. الجنسية الإتحادية ... (المادّة 120)