Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Lesotho: Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1974

February 28, 1974 8:04 am Published by Comments Off on Lesotho: Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1974

Legal Notice No.14 of 1974. Providing procedures for implementation of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1973. Download: Lesotho Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1974


Sudanese Nationality Act 1957 (last amended 1974)

January 1, 1974 4:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Sudanese Nationality Act 1957 (last amended 1974)

Extract: 5. Definition of Sudanese by descent. (1) A person born before the commencement of this Act shall be a Sudanese by descent, if – (a) (i) he was born in the Sudan, or his father was born in the […]


Constitution of Zambia, Act No.27 of 1973, Part II on Citizenship

August 25, 1973 5:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Constitution of Zambia, Act No.27 of 1973, Part II on Citizenship

Articles 6 and 7 provide: 6. A person born in or outside Zambia after the commencement of this constitution shall become a citizen of Zambia at the date of his birth if on that date at least one of his […]


Loi No. 1973-186 portant modification du Code de la nationalité mauritanienne

July 30, 1973 5:30 pm Published by Comments Off on Loi No. 1973-186 portant modification du Code de la nationalité mauritanienne

Provides for a woman married to a Mauritanian man to have the right to apply for nationality (rather than automatic attribution), and allows for shorter period of residence in case of naturalisation of a man married to a Mauritanian woman. […]


Sierra Leone Citizenship Act No.4 of 1973

May 24, 1973 9:53 am Published by Comments Off on Sierra Leone Citizenship Act No.4 of 1973

Original unamended version. In relation to citizenship attributed at birth, the law provides that: 2. Citizenship by birth Every person who, having been born in Sierra Leone before the nineteenth day of April, 1971, or who was resident in Sierra […]


Liberia Domestic Relations Law 1973

April 10, 1973 3:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Liberia Domestic Relations Law 1973

Includes provisions on custody, guardianship and adoption of children. Download: Liberia Domestic Relations Law 1973


Niger: Circulaire No. 3/MJ concernant Loi n 1973-10 du 27 février 1973 qui modifie le Code de la nationalité nigérienne

March 12, 1973 9:12 pm Published by Comments Off on Niger: Circulaire No. 3/MJ concernant Loi n 1973-10 du 27 février 1973 qui modifie le Code de la nationalité nigérienne

La loi n 73-10 du 27 février 1973 qui a modifié le Code de la Nationalité Nigérienne a été publiée selon la procédure d’urgence et est devenue applicable à partir du 1er mars 1973. Ses principales dispositions sont les suivantes: […]


Loi No. 1973-010 portant modification du Code de la nationalité mauritanienne

January 23, 1973 5:21 pm Published by Comments Off on Loi No. 1973-010 portant modification du Code de la nationalité mauritanienne

Amends articles 9, 30 & 58 of the nationality code to modify the rules on acquisition through double jus soli, to prohibit dual nationality for adults even if a second nationality was automatically attributed at birth, and to provide for […]


Nigeria Citizenship Legislation (as of 1973)

January 1, 1973 12:00 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria Citizenship Legislation (as of 1973)

1963 Constitution provisions on citizenship 1960 Nigerian Citizenship Act 1961 Nigerian Citizenship Act 1961 Nigerian Citizenship (Naturalization) Regulations 1968 Nigerian Citizenship (Validation) Decree Annotated texts annexed to: Arthur V.J. Nylander, The Nationality and Citizenship Laws of Nigeria, Lagos: University of […]