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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Repeals and replaces the Aliens and Nationality Law, 1956. Chapter 20 on nationality at birth provides: § 20.1. Citizens of Liberia at birth. The following shall be citizens of Liberia at birth: (a) A person who is a Negro, or […]
Includes provisions on custody, guardianship and adoption of children. Download: Liberia Domestic Relations Law 1973
An act to provide for a uniform law for the registration of all births and deaths in Zambia, without distinction of origin or descent; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Download file: here
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Télécharger: Cote dIvoire Loi No 72-852 modification code de la nationalite
The Zimbabwe Children’s Act governs ‘the protection, welfare, and supervision of children and juveniles’ in the country. Part IA establishes the Child Welfare Council and Part II establishes children’s courts. Part III is aimed at the ‘prevention of neglect, ill-treatment […]