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BWA-1998-L-84984
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Citizenship Act (Cap 01-01) (Act No. 8 of 1998).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Botswana
Subjects (Classification)
Civil, commercial and family law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-04-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
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
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1995-08-18 (BWA-1995-L-41881)
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1995 (No. 14 of 1995).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line [as amended to 2004]
Publisher
Government of Botswana
URL
http://www.laws.gov.bw/VOLUME%201/CHAPTER%2001-01%20CITIZENSHIP.pdf
File
BWA84984.pdf (PDF)