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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishForeign nationals may acquire Iranian citizenship within the framework of the laws. Citizenship may be withdrawn from such persons if another State accepts them as its citizens or if they request it. (Art. 42)
- Persianاتباع خارجه میتوانند در حدود قوانین به تابعیت ایران در آیند و سلب تابعیت اینگونه اشخاص در صورتی ممکن است که دولت دیگری تابعیت آنها را بپذیرد یا خود آنها درخواست کنند. (اصل 42)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
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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.
… (70-берене)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English1. Subject to the provisions of Part III5 of this Constitution, the following persons born on or after Malaysia Day are citizens by operation of law, that is to say:
(a) every person born within the Federation of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth either a citizen or permanently resident in the Federation; and
(b) every person born outside the Federation whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen and either was born in the Federation or is at the time of the birth in the service of the Federation or of a State; and
(c) every person born outside the Federation whose father is at the time of the birth a citizen and whose birth is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer period as the Federal Government may in any particular case allow, registered at a consulate of the Federation or, if it occurs in Brunei or in a territory prescribed for this purpose by order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, registered with the Federal Government; and
(d) every person born in Singapore of whose parents one at least is at the time of the birth a citizen and who is not born a citizen otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph; and
(e) every person born within the Federation who is not born a citizen of any country otherwise than by virtue of this paragraph.
… (Second Schedule, Part II, [Article 14(1)(b)]) - Malay1. Tertakluk kepada peruntukan Bahagian III Perlembagaan ini, orang yang berikut yang lahir pada atau selepas Hari Malaysia ialah warganegara melalui kuat kuasa undang-undang, iaitu:
(a) tiap-tiap orang yang lahir di Persekutuan dan sekurang-kurangnya seorang daripada ibu bapanya pada masa kelahiran itu seorang warganegara atau bermastautin secara tetap di Persekutuan; dan
(b) tiap-tiap orang yang lahir di luar Persekutuan yang bapanya pada masa kelahiran itu seorang warganegara dan sama ada telah lahir di Persekutuan atau pada masa kelahiran itu berada dalam perkhidmatan Persekutuan atau perkhidmatan sesuatu Negeri; dan
(c) tiap-tiap orang yang lahir di luar Persekutuan yang bapanya pada masa kelahiran itu seorang warganegara dan dalam masa satu tahun selepas kelahiran itu berlaku atau dalam masa apa-apa tempoh yang lebih lanjut sebagaimana yang dibenarkan oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan dalam mana-mana hal tertentu, kelahiran itu didaftarkan di suatu konsulat Persekutuan atau, jika kelahiran itu berlaku di Brunei atau di sesuatu wilayah yang ditetapkan bagi maksud ini melalui perintah Yang di-Pertuan Agong, didaftarkan dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan; dan
(d) tiap-tiap orang yang lahir di Singapura dan sekurang-kurangnya seorang daripada ibu bapanya pada masa kelahiran itu seorang warganegara dan orang itu pada masa dia lahir tidak menjadi warganegara selain menurut kuasa perenggan ini; dan
(e) tiap-tiap orang yang lahir di Persekutuan dan pada masa dia lahir tidak menjadi warganegara mana-mana negara selain menurut kuasa perenggan ini.
… (Jadual Kedua, Bahagian II, [Perkara 14(1)(b)])
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၊
… [ဇယား ၁၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုဥပဒေပြုစာရင်း၊ (ပုဒ်မ ၉၆ ကိုရည်ညွှန်းသည်)]
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… The revocation of Thai nationality acquired by birth shall not be permitted. (Sec. 39)
- Thai… การถอนสัญชาติของบุคคลซึ่งมีสัญชาติไทยโดยการเกิดจะกระทํามิได้ (มาตรา ๓๙)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishPalestinian citizenship shall be regulated by law. (Art. 7)
- Arabicالجنسيّة الفلسطينية تنظّم بقانون. (المادّة 7)
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
- EnglishImmigration and Emigration and Citizenship
This would include –
(a) Citizenship, Naturalization and Aliens;
… (Ninth Schedule, List II, Reserved List) - Sinhalaආගමනය හා විගමනය සහ පුරවැසිභාවය
මෙයට පහත දැක්වෙන විෂයයන් ඇතුළත් වේ:-
(අ) පුරවැසිභාවය, පුරවැසිභාවයට ඇතුළත් කිරීම සහ විදේශිකයෝ;
… (නව වෙනි උපලේඛනය, II වෙනි ලැයිස්තුව, සංවෘත ලැයිස්තු)
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)