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| Name: | Citizenship Act (Cap 01-01) (Act No. 8 of 1998). |
| Country: | Botswana |
| Subject(s): | Civil, commercial and family law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1998-04-24 |
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| ISN: | BWA-1998-L-84984 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=84984&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Act on-line [as amended to 2004] ![Act on-line [as amended to 2004]](http://www.ilo.org/webcommon/dyn/images/natlex4/images/externalLink.gif){kind=small} Government of Botswana PDF (consulted on 2010-10-18) |
| Abstract/Citation: | 1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Establishment of Citizenship Committee 4. Citizenship by birth 5. Citizenship by descent 6. Citizenship by settlement 7. Citizenship by adoption 8. Registration of adopted child over three years old 9. Registration of a minor child of citizen 10. President's power to register citizens 11. Effect of registration as a citizen 12. Naturalization 13. Qualifications for naturalization 14. Naturalization of foreign spouse 15. Dual citizenship 16. Renunciation of citizenship by reason of dual citizenship or nationality 17. Resumption of citizenship 18. Deprivation of citizenship 19. Commonwealth citizen 20. Posthumous children 21. Certificate of citizenship in case of doubt 22. Decision of Minister to be final 23. Evidence 24. Offences 25. Regulations 26. Preservation of existing citizenship 27. Saving |
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