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Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishThe requirements for becoming a citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are defined by the Law on Nationality.
… (Art. 62) - Korean조선민주주의인민공화국 공민이 되는 조건은 국적에 관한 법으로 규정한다.
… (제62조)
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
- EnglishCitizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship, unless by their act or omission, they are deemed, under the law, to have renounced it. (Art. IV, Sect. 4)
- FilipinoMananatiling angkin ang kanilang pagkamamamayan ng mga mamamayan ng Pilipinas na mag-asawa ng mga dayuhan, matangi kung sa kanilang kagagawan o pagkukulang, sila ay ituturing, sa ilalim ng batas, nagtakwil nito. (Art. IV, Seksyon 4)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishI. A citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan cannot be deprived of his or her citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan (except for statutory cases of its loss).
… (Art. 53) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikasının vətəndaşı Azərbaycan Respublikası vətəndaşlığından (onun qanunla müəyyən edilmiş itirilmə halları istisna olmaqla) məhrum edilə bilməz.
… (Maddə 53)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishAll persons who have either one of the following qualifications are citizens of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar:
(a) person born of parents both of whom are nationals of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar;
(b) person who is already a citizen according to law on the day this Constitution comes into operation. (Sec. 345) - Burmeseအောက်ဖော်ပြပါအရည်အချင်းတစ်ရပ်ရပ်နှင့် ပြည့်စုံသူများသည် ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ နိုင်ငံသားများဖြစ်ကြသည် -
(က) ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ တိုင်းရင်းသားမိဘနှစ်ပါးမှ မွေးဖွားသူ၊
(ခ) ဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အတည်ပြုပြဌာန်းသည့်နေ့တွင် ဥပဒေအရ နိုင်ငံသားဖြစ်သားဖြစ်ပြီးသူ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၄၅)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishEvery person who is or is deemed to be a citizen of India under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part shall, subject to the provisions of any law that may be made by Parliament, continue to be such citizen. (Art. 10)
- Hindiप्रत्येक व्यक्ति, जो इस भाग के पूर्वगामी उपबंधों में से किसी के अधीन भारत का नागरिक है या समझा जाता है, ऐसी विधि के उपबंधों के अधीन रहते हुए, जो संसद द्वारा बनाई जाए, भारत का नागरिक बना रहेगा। (अनुच्छेद 10)
Citizenship and Nationality
- EnglishEveryone bound to the Turkish State through the bond of citizenship is a Turk.
The child of a Turkish father or a Turkish mother is a Turk.
Citizenship can be acquired under the conditions stipulated by law, and shall be forfeited only in cases determined by law.
No Turk shall be deprived of citizenship, unless he/she commits an act incompatible with loyalty to the motherland.
Recourse to the courts in appeal against the decisions and proceedings related to the deprivation of citizenship shall not be denied. (Art. 66) - TurkishTürk Devletine vatandaşlık bağı ile bağlı olan herkes Türktür.
Türk babanın veya Türk ananın çocuğu Türktür.
Vatandaşlık, kanunun gösterdiği şartlarla kazanılır ve ancak kanunda belirtilen hallerde kaybedilir.
Hiçbir Türk, vatana bağlılıkla bağdaşmayan bir eylemde bulunmadıkça vatandaşlıktan çıkarılamaz.
Vatandaşlıktan çıkarma ile ilgili karar ve işlemlere karşı yargı yolu kapatılamaz. (Madde 66)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English
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2. No citizen may be deprived of his citizenship. Persons who are citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic shall be recognised as citizens of another state in accordance with the laws and international treaties to which the Kyrgyz Republic is a party.
3. Everyone who has proved his/her affiliation to the people of Kyrgyzstan has the right to acquire citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic in a simplified procedure.
Kyrgyz people residing outside the Kyrgyz Republic, despite holding citizenship of another state, are entitled to acquire citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic in a simplified procedure.
The procedure and conditions for acquiring citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic are defined by law.
… (Art. 51) - Russian
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2. Ни один гражданин не может быть лишен своего гражданства. За лицами, являющимися гражданами Кыргызской Республики, признается принадлежность к гражданству другого государства в соответствии с законами и международными договорами, участницей которых является Кыргызская Республика.
3. Каждый, доказавший свою принадлежность к народу Кыргызстана, имеет право приобрести гражданство Кыргызской Республики в упрощенном порядке.
Кыргызы, проживающие за пределами Кыргызской Республики, несмотря на наличие гражданства другого государства, вправе получить гражданство Кыргызской Республики в упрощенном порядке.
Порядок и условия приобретения гражданства Кыргызской Республики определяются законом.
... (Статья 51) - Kyrgyz
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2. Бир дагы жаран өз жарандыгынан ажыратылышы мүмкүн эмес. Кыргыз Республикасынын жараны болуп саналган адамдардын башка мамлекеттин жарандыгына таандыктыгы мыйзамдарга жана Кыргыз Республикасы катышуучусу болуп саналган эл аралык келишимдерге ылайык таанылат.
3. Өзүнүн Кыргызстан элине таандыктыгын далилдеген ар бир адам Кыргыз Республикасынын жарандыгын жөнөкөйлөтүлгөн тартипте алууга укуктуу.
Кыргыз Республикасынын чегинен тышкары жашаган кыргыздар башка мамлекеттин жараны болгондугуна карабастан, Кыргыз Республикасынын жарандыгын жөнөкөйлөтүлгөн тартипте алууга укуктуу.
Кыргыз Республикасынын жарандыгын алуу тартиби жана шарты мыйзам менен аныкталат.
… (51-берене)
Citizenship and Nationality
- English(1) Subject to clause (4), the Government may, upon application made by any person of or over the age of 21 years who is not a citizen of Singapore, grant a certificate of naturalisation to that person if the Government is satisfied —
(a) that he has resided in Singapore for the required periods and intends, if the certificate is granted, to do so permanently;
(b) that he is of good character; and
(c) that he has an adequate knowledge of the national language.
… (Art. 127)
Citizenship and Nationality
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(3) Where a woman is under this Article to be treated as a citizen by registration, and the status in consequence of which she is to be so treated was acquired by her by virtue of marriage, then for purposes of Clause (4) of Article 24 and Clause (2) of Article 26 she shall be treated as a citizen by registration under Clause (1) of Article 15.
… (Art. 28A) - Malay…
(3) Jika di bawah Perkara ini seseorang perempuan hendaklah dikira sebagai warganegara melalui pendaftaran, dan taraf yang berikutan dengannya dia hendaklah dikira sedemikian telah diperolehnya oleh sebab perkahwinan, maka bagi maksud Fasal (4) Perkara 24 dan Fasal (2) Perkara 26 dia hendaklah dikira sebagai warganegara melalui pendaftaran di bawah Fasal (1) Perkara 15.
… (Perkara 28A)