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Ghana Nationality and Citizenship Act 1957

Published: 10/May/1957

Act No 1 of 1957, defining the conditions to acquire citizenship of Ghana at independence and thereafter. Download: Ghana Nationality and Citizenship Act 1957

Liberia Aliens and Nationality Law 1956

Published: 1/Jan/1956

The first comprehensive legislation on nationality in Liberia. Title 3, Laws of Liberia. s.110 All persons of Negro descent born in the Republic of Liberia and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens thereof. s.111 All children born out of the […]

Arab Nationality Convention

Published: 1/Jan/1954
Source: League of Arab States

Repealed by the Arab League Minsters of Foreign Affairs Council (Res 02/2256/ 1994). Download (Arabic only): Arab Nationality Convention 1954

Zanzibar Nationality Decree 1952

Published: 28/Oct/1952

Replacing the Zanzibar Nationality and Naturalization Decree 1911 and providing for the rules on acquisition and loss of the status of subject of Zanzibar. “Every person born after the commencement of this Decree within the Dominions of His Highness the […]

Ethiopia/Eritrea: UN General Assembly Resolution 390 A (V) of 2 December 1950

Published: 2/Dec/1950
Source: UN General Assembly

Eritrea: report of the United Nations Commission for Eritrea; report of the Interim Committee of the General Assembly on the report of the United Nations Commission for Eritrea Paragraph 1: Eritrea shall constitute an autonomous unit federated with Ethiopia under […]

South African Citizenship Act 44 of 1949

Published: 2/Sep/1949

The first comprehensive Citizenship Act of South Africa as a fully independent state, adopted as part of the framework established by the British Nationality Act of 1948, and repealing previous laws regulating nationality of the Union of South Africa as […]