Act No. 20 of 1994, amended by Acts 31 of 1994, 6 of 1995, 7 of 1995, 1 of 1997, and 38 of 1998.<\/p>\n
Article 23 provides:<\/p>\n
Rights of Children<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0All children, regardless of the circumstances of their birth, are entitled to equal treatment before the law.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0All children shall have the right to a given name and a family name and the right to a nationality.
\n[…]<\/p>\n
Article 24 provides:<\/p>\n
Rights of women<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0 Women have the right to full and equal protection by the law, and have the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of their gender or marital status which includes the right–
\n(a) to be accorded the same rights as men in civil law, including equal capacity–
\n[…]
\n(iv) to acquire and retain citizenship and nationality.<\/p>\n
Article 47 provides:<\/p>\n
Citizenship<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, was a citizen of Malawi under any existing law shall continue to be a citizen of Malawi after the appointed day.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0An Act of Parliament may make provision for the acquisition or loss of citizenship of Malawi by any person after the appointed day, but citizenship shall not be arbitrarily denied or deprived.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0In this section, the expression –
\na.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00ab\u00a0acquisition of citizenship\u00a0\u00bb includes acquisition by birth, descent, marriage, registration, naturalisation or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament; and
\nb.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00ab\u00a0loss of citizenship\u00a0\u00bb includes loss by deprivation, renunciation or any other means prescribed by an Act of Parliament.<\/p>\n
Article 80:<\/p>\n