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Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) There shall be one status of citizenship known as “the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka”.
(2) A citizen of Sri Lanka shall for all purposes be described only as a “citizen of Sri Lanka”, whether such person became entitled to citizenship by descent or by virtue of registration in accordance with the law relating to citizenship.
(3) No distinction shall be drawn between citizens of Sri Lanka for any purpose by reference to the mode of acquisition of such status, as to whether acquired by descent or by virtue of registration.
(4) No citizen of Sri Lanka shall be deprived of his status of a citizen of Sri Lanka, except under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the Citizenship Act:
Provided that the provisions of sections 23 and 24 of that Act shall also be applicable to a person who became entitled to the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka by virtue of registration under the provisions of section 11, 12 or 13 of that Act.
(5) Every person who immediately prior to the commencement of the Constitution was a citizen of Sri Lanka, whether by descent or by virtue of registration in accordance with any law relating to citizenship, shall be entitled to the status and to the rights of a citizen of Sri Lanka as provided in the preceding provisions of this Article.
(6) The provisions of all existing written laws relating to citizenship and all other existing written laws wherein reference is made to citizenship shall be read subject to the preceding provisions of this Article. (Art. 26) - Sinhala(1) "ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වය" යනුවෙන් හඳුන්වනු ලබන එකම පුරවැසි තත්ත්වයක් විය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුට, පුරවැසිභාවය හිමි වූයේ පරම්පරාවෙන් වුව ද, පුරවැසිභාවය පිළිබඳ නීතියට අනුකූලව ලියාපදිංචිවීමෙන් වුව ද, ඒ තැනැත්තා සියලු කාර්ය සඳහා "ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක්" යනුවෙන් පමණක් විස්තර කරනු ලබන්නේ ය.
(3) පුරවැසි තත්ත්වය අත්කර ගනු ලැබූ ආකාරය, එනම්, පරම්පරාවෙන් ද, නැතහොත් ලියාපදිංචි වීමෙන් ද යනු සලකා කවර වූ හෝ කාර්යයක් සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියන් වෙසෙසා නොදැක්විය යුත්තේ ය.
(4) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ කිසිම පුරවැසියකුට පුරවැසියකු වශයෙන් ඔහුගේ තත්ත්වය පුරවැසි පනතේ 19 වැනි, 20 වැනි, 21 වැනි සහ 22 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන යටතේ සහ ඒ වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන ප්රකාර මිස අහිමි නො කළ යුත්තේ ය:
එසේ වුව ද, පුරවැසි පනතේ 11 වැනි, 12 වැනි හෝ 13 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන යටතේ ලියාපදිංචි කරනු ලැබීමෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වයට හිමිකම් ලැබූ තැනැත්තකුට ඒ පනතේ 23 වැනි සහ 24 වැනි වගන්තිවල විධිවිධාන ද අදාළ වන්නේ ය.
(5) ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව ක්රියාත්මකවීම ආරම්භ වන තෙක් පරම්පරාවෙන් නැතහොත් පුරවැසිභාවය පිළිබඳ යම් නීතියකට අනුකූලව ලියාපදිංචි වීමෙන් හෝ ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුව සිටි සෑම තැනැත්තකුට ම, මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ මීට ඉහතින් ඇති විධිවිධානවලින් විධිවිධාන සලසා ඇති පරිදි ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියකුගේ තත්ත්වයට සහ ශ්රී ලංකා පුරවැසියකුගේ අයිතිවාසිකම්වලට හිමිකම් ලැඛෙන්නේ ය.
(6) පුරවැසිභාවය හා සම්බන්ධ සියලු පවත්නා ලිඛිත නීති සහ පුරවැසිභාවය ගැන සඳහන් කරන වෙනත් සියලු පවත්නා ලිඛිත නීති මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ මීට ඉහතින් වූ විධිවිධානවලට යටත්ව තේරුම් ගත යුත්තේ ය. (26 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English…
4. Nationality, citizenship and naturalisation.
… (Fourth Schedule, Federal Legislative List, Part I) - Urdu…
(۴) قومیت، شہریت اور عطائے حقوق شہریت۔
…(جدول چہارم، وفاقی قانون کی فہرست، حصہ اول)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishA person having political and legal relationship to the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as mutual rights and obligations is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan. A person born on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan. A person whose one parent is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan. (Art. 52)
- AzerbaijaniAzərbaycan dövlətinə mənsub olan, onunla siyasi və hüquqi bağlılığı, habelə qarşılıqlı hüquq və vəzifələri olan şəxs Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşıdır. Azərbaycan Respublikasının ərazisində və ya Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşlarından doğulmuş şəxs Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşıdır. Valideynlərindən biri Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşı olan şəxs Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşıdır. (Maddə 52)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) A citizen of Singapore who is a citizen by registration or by naturalisation shall cease to be such a citizen if he is deprived of his citizenship by an order of the Government made in accordance with this Article.
...
(6) The Government may, by order, deprive of her citizenship any woman who is a citizen of Singapore by registration under Article 123(2) if the Government is satisfied that the marriage by virtue of which she was registered has been dissolved, otherwise than by death, within the period of 2 years beginning with the date of the marriage.
… (Art. 129)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
1. The grounds and procedure for Mongolian citizenship, acquisition or loss of citizenship shall be determined only by law.
2. Deprivation of Mongolian citizenship, exile and extradition of citizens of Mongolia shall be prohibited. (Art. 15) - Mongolian
1. Монгол улсын иргэний харьяалал хийгээд харьяат болох, харьяатаас гарах үндэслэл журмыг гацхүү хуулиар тогтооно.
2. Монгол улсын иргэнийг харьяатаас хасах, эх орноосоо хөөх, өөр улсад шилжүүлэн өгөхийг хориглоно. (Арван тавдугаар зүйл)
Citizenship and Nationality
- Englisha. Bahraini nationality shall be determined by law. A person inherently enjoying his Bahraini nationality cannot be stripped of his nationality except in case of treason, and such other cases as prescribed by law.
... (Art. 17) - Arabicأ - الجنسية البحرينية يحددها القانون، ولا يجوز إسقاطها عمّن يتمتّع بها إلا في حالة الخيانة العظمى، والأحوال الأخرى التي يحددها القانون.
... (المادّة 17)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Any citizen of or over the age of twenty-one years and of sound mind who is also or is about to become a citizen of another country may renounce his citizenship of the Federation by declaration registered by the Federal Government, and shall thereupon cease to be a citizen.
(2) A declaration made under this Article during any war in which the Federation is engaged shall not be registered except with the approval of the Federal Government.
(3) This Article applies to a woman under the age of twenty-one years who has been married as it applies to a person of or over that age. (Art. 23) - Malay(1) Mana-mana warganegara yang berumur dua puluh satu tahun atau lebih dan yang sempurna akal yang juga ialah seorang warganegara negara lain atau yang hampir menjadi seorang warganegara negara lain boleh melepaskan kewarganegaraannya bagi Persekutuan melalui akuan yang didaftarkan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan, dan hendaklah sesudah itu terhenti menjadi warganegara.
(2) Akuan yang dibuat di bawah Perkara ini dalam masa apa-apa peperangan yang dalamnya Persekutuan terlibat tidaklah boleh didaftarkan kecuali dengan kelulusan Kerajaan Persekutuan.
(3) Perkara ini terpakai bagi seseorang perempuan yang di bawah umur dua puluh satu tahun yang telah berkahwin sebagaimana Perkara ini terpakai bagi seseorang yang berumur dua puluh satu tahun atau lebih. (Perkara 23)
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
- EnglishKhmer citizen shall not be deprived of his/her nationality, …
The acquisition of Khmer nationality shall be determined by law. (Art. 33) - Khmerប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ មិនអាចត្រូវបានដកសញ្ជាតិ។ ...
ការទទួលសញ្ជាតិខ្មែរត្រូវកំណត់ក្នុងច្បាប់។ (មាត្រា ៣៣)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) The citizenship of Bangladesh shall be determined and regulated by law.
(2) The people of Bangladesh shall be known as Bangalees as a nation and the citizens of Bangladesh shall be known as Bangladeshies. (Art. 6) - Bengali(১) বাংলাদেশের নাগরিকত্ব আইনের দ্বারা নির্ধারিত ও নিয়ন্ত্রিত হইবে।
(২) বাংলাদেশের জনগণ জাতি হিসাবে বাঙালী এবং নাগরিকগণ বাংলাদেশী বলিয়া পরিচিত হইবেন। (অনুচ্ছেদ ৬)