Zambia’s Refugee (Control) Act, 1970 describes the conditions which refugees will be subject to while in Zambia and details the limited rights of refugees. Section 6(2) provides that: « Every refugee shall, upon registration under this section, be issued with an […]
Reducing the age of majority for citizenship laws from 21 to 18 years. Download: Tanzania Age of Majority Citizenship Laws Act 1970
« A compter de la publication de la présente ordonnance, il est fait obligation formelle à tous les Officiers d’Etat Civil de la République Centrafricaine de porter la Nationalité des nouveaux nés sur toute Acte de Naissance, dans le cadre des […]
Chapter II on Citizenship. Download file: Gambia Constitution, 1970
Chapter 309, Laws of Uganda. Entry into force 1 October 1973. Repealed and replaced by the Registration of Persons Act 2015. Made registration of the births of all children compulsory for the first time. Download: Uganda Births and Deaths Registration […]
Amending provisions relating to naturalisation and deprivation of citizenship. Download file: Botswana Citizenship Supplementary Amendment Act 1969
JPWB McAuslan, ‘John Joseph Akar v. Attorney General’, Journal of African Law 13, no. 2 (1969): 103–16. Download file: here
Chapter 3 on citizenship: Ghana Constitution 1969 Citizenship
Full text (scan – large file) : Kenya Constitution Act No. 5 of 1969
Citizenship chapter of Kenya Constitution of 1963 as re-adopted in 1969 constitution (unchanged except for renumbering). Download file: here (55 kb)
Laws of Botswana, Chapter 30:01: Act No. 48, 1968 (entered into force 1 April 1969), as amended by S.I. 19, 1974; S.I. 61, 1974; S.I. 95, 1974; S.I. 22, 1977; Act 3, 1978; Act 7, 1983; S.I. 17, 1992; and Act 16, […]
The Act prescribes the specified date for applications under section 23(3) and (4) of the constitution for the registration of certain persons as citizens. Download file: here