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Kenya: Registration of Persons Ordinance No.33 of 1947

Published: 26/Dec/1947

[Date of commencement: 16th May, 1949.]

An Ordinance to make Provision for the Registration of Persons in the Colony and for the issue of Identity Cards, and for purposes connected therewith.

Download text as published in the Laws of Kenya, 1948, Cap. 50: Kenya_Registration-of-Persons-Ordinance-No33of1947-orig

Themes: ID Documents and Passports
Regions: Kenya
Year: 1947

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    • Deportation and Mass Expulsions
      ▼
      • Deportations
      • Mass Expulsions
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      ▼
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      • Gender
    • Dual Nationality
    • Identity Documents
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      • Birth Registration
      • ID Documents and Passports
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    • Loss and Deprivation of Nationality
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      ▼
      • Nationality of Politicians
      • Voter Registration
    • Nationality and Refugees
    • State Succession
      ▼
      • Border Changes
      • New States
    • Statelessness
  • Regions and Countries
    ▼
    • Central Africa
      ▼
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Republic of Congo
      • São Tomé & Príncipe
    • East Africa
      ▼
      • Comoros
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rwanda
      • Seychelles
      • Somalia
      • South Sudan
      • Sudan
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • International
    • North Africa
      ▼
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Mauritania
      • Morocco
      • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara)
      • Tunisia
    • Pan Africa
    • Southern Africa
      ▼
      • Angola
      • Botswana
      • Eswatini
      • Lesotho
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Namibia
      • South Africa
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West Africa
      ▼
      • Benin
      • Burkina Faso
      • Cabo Verde
      • Cote d’Ivoire
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