Tanganyika Citizenship Act, 1961 (amended 1962)
Published: 9/Dec/1962
The Citizenship Act 1961, Act No,.15 of 1962, by section 26 of the Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential, Transitional and Temporary Provisions) Act 1962 (Cap 500).
[Subsection 1 of section 26 of the Republic of Tanganyika (Consequential, Transitional and Temporary Provisions) Act 1962 (Cap 500) provides that the existing citizenship laws (Chapter 1 of the Constitution of Tanganyika (Constitution) Order in Council 1961, GN 1961 No.415) as amended in accordance to the Third Schedule to the said Act, shall continue to be the law after the commencement of the Republic of Tanganyika and shall have effect as if it were an act of parliament and shall be printed accordingly. Sections 3 to 11 inclusive extend to Zanzibar: GN 1964 No.652, First Schedule]
The substantive amendments made in the third schedule relate to renunciation of another citizenship on naturalisation (in case was not previously possible but becomes possible), and to the status of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
Entry into force as if adopted 9 December 1961.
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