{"id":1261,"date":"1960-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.hennhoneyball.com\/nigeria-constitution-1960-chapter-ii\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:30:33","slug":"nigeria-constitution-1960-chapter-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/nigeria-constitution-1960-chapter-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Constitution 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Independence constitution; chapter II contains provisions on citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>CHAPTER II: CITIZENSHIP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persons who become citizens on October 1, 1960<\/strong><br \/>\n7.&#8211;(1) Every person who, having been born in the former Colony or Protectorate of Nigeria, was on the thirtieth day of September, 1960, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall become a citizen of Nigeria on the first day of October, 1960:<br \/>\nProvided that a person shall not become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this subsection if neither of his parents nor any of his grandparents was born in the former Colony or Protectorate of Nigeria.<br \/>\n(2) Every person who, having been born outside the former Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, was on the thirtieth day of September, 1960, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall, if his father was born in the former Colony or Protectorate and was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person on the thirtieth day of September, 1960, (or, if he died before that date, was such a citizen or person at the date of his death or would have become such a citizen or person but for his death) become a citizen of Nigeria on the first day of October, 1960.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persons born in Nigeria after September 30, 1960<\/strong><br \/>\n10. Every person born in Nigeria after the thirtieth day of September, 1960, shah become a citizen of Nigeria at the date of his birth:<br \/>\nProvided that a person shall not become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth &#8211;<br \/>\n(a) neither of his parents was a citizen of Nigeria and his father possessed such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to an envoy, of a foreign sovereign power accredited to the Federation; or<br \/>\n(b) his father was an enemy alien and the birth occurred in a place then under occupation by the enemy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Persons born outside Nigeria after September 30, 1960<\/strong><br \/>\n11. A person born outside Nigeria after the thirtieth day of September, 1960, shall become a citizen of Nigeria at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of Nigeria otherwise than by virtue of this section or subsection (2) of section 7 of this Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Download file: <a href=\"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1960\/10\/Nigeria-Constitution-1960.pdf\">Nigeria Constitution 1960<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independence constitution; chapter II contains provisions on citizenship. 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