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Citizenship and Nationality
Malaysia
- English(1) For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter—4
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(b) a woman who before that day became a federal citizen or a citizen of the Federation by registration as a citizen, or in consequence of her registration as the subject of a Ruler, under any provision of the said Agreement or of any State law authorizing the registration of women married to citizens of the Federation or to subjects of the Ruler shall be treated as a citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article 15;
… (Art. 28) - Malay(1) Bagi maksud peruntukan yang terdahulu dalam Bab ini—
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(b) seseorang perempuan yang sebelum Hari Merdeka menjadi warganegara persekutuan atau warganegara bagi Persekutuan melalui pendaftaran sebagai warganegara, atau berikutan dengan pendaftarannya sebagai rakyat seseorang Raja, di bawah mana-mana peruntukan Perjanjian tersebut atau mana-mana peruntukan mana-mana undang-undang Negeri yang membenarkan pendaftaran perempuan yang berkahwin dengan warganegara bagi Persekutuan atau dengan rakyat Raja hendaklah dikira sebagai warganegara melalui pendaftaran di bawah Fasal (1) Perkara 15;
… (Perkara 28)
Citizenship and Nationality
Bahrain
- 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
Singapore
- EnglishWhere a person has —
(a) renounced his citizenship; or
(b) been deprived of his citizenship under Article 129(2)(a) or 134(1)(a),
the Government may, by order, deprive of his citizenship any child of that person under the age of 21 years who has been registered as a citizen of Singapore pursuant to this Constitution and was so registered as being the child of that person or of that person’s wife or husband. (Art. 130)
Citizenship and Nationality
Cambodia
- 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
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- English
The government has the following rights and duties:
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10. To approve the granting or revoking nationality, discard nationality, or returning of a Lao nationality;
… (Art. 70) - Lao
ລັດຖະບານ ມີ ສິດ ແລະ ໜ້າທີ ດັ່ງນີ້:
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10. ຕົກລົງ ໃຫ້ ສັນຊາດ, ຖອນສັນຊາດ, ປະສັນຊາດ, ໃຫ້ສັນຊາດລາວຄືນ;
… (ມາດຕາ. 70) (ປັບປຸງ)
Citizenship and Nationality
Bangladesh
- 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)
Citizenship and Nationality
Turkmenistan
- EnglishTurkmenistan has its own citizenship. The citizenship shall be acquired, retained and lost in accordance with law.
Citizenship of another state shall not be recognized for the citizens of Turkmenistan.
No one shall be deprived of citizenship or the right to change citizenship. … (Art. 10) - RussianТуркменистан имеет своё гражданство. Гражданство приобретается, сохраняется и прекращается в соответствии с законом.
За гражданином Туркменистана не признаётся гражданство другого государства.
Никто не может быть лишён гражданства или права изменить гражданство. … (Статья 10) - TurkmenTürkmenistanyň öz raýatlygy bar. Raýatlyk kanuna laýyklykda edinilýär, saklanylýar we bes edilýär.
Türkmenistanyň raýatyna başga döwletiň raýatlygy ykrar edilmeýär.
Hiç kim raýatlygyndan ýa-da raýatlygyny üýtgetmek hukugyndan mahrum edilip bilinmez. … (10-nji madda)
Citizenship and Nationality
Indonesia
- English…
(4) Every person shall have the right to citizenship status. (Art. 28D) - Indonesian…
(4) Setiap orang berhak atas status kewarganegaraan. (Pasal 28D)
Citizenship and Nationality
Japan
- 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
Myanmar
- EnglishCitizenship, naturalization and revocation of citizenship shall be as prescribed by law. (Sec. 346)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံသားဖြစ်ခြင်း၊ နိုင်ငံသားပြုခြင်းနှင့် နိုင်ငံသားအဖြစ်မှရပ်စဲခြင်းတို့သည် ဥပဒေဖြင့် ပြဌာန်းသည့်အတိုင်း ဖြစ်စေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၆)