Four volumes containing nationality laws and regulations as well as relevant constitutional provisions have already been published.

Nationality requirements for Legislative Council candidates

In regard to this article, the Jordanian Nationality Act stipulates that

In the code on nationality it was stipulated that women could transmit their nationality to their children with the husband apos s consent.

Article 9 Equality under the law with respect to nationality

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Article 8 provides that any person who applies for naturalisation as a Chinese national shall acquire Chinese nationality upon approval of his application. A person whose application for naturalisation as a Chinese national has been approved shall not retain foreign nationality.

quot Article 8. Panamanian nationality is acquired by birth, naturalization or constitutional provision.

The Netherlands Nationality Act also gives minor children improved status in the granting of Dutch nationality by means of naturalisation.

The bond of nationality is one of general law and is consequently subject to the rules governing such law.

As the provisions of this article imply, the law on citizenship does not establish any impediments to citizenship that are based on sex.

Furthermore, article 20 of the Constitution stipulates that no national may be deprived of his or her nationality and that Nicaraguan nationality is not lost when a person acquires a different nationality.

Provisions of Vietnamese Laws regarding nationality and its implementation by relevant agencies are all conformed to the Convention on Nationality.

The procedures for acquiring Panamanian nationality by naturalization are laid down in article 10 of the Constitution, which states

Legislation has sought to rationalize the rules governing nationality, applying the two principles of acquisition of nationality by filiation (jus sanguinis), and the determination of nationality by place of birth (jus soli).

States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.

Namibian Laws on the acquisition and loss of Nationality are gender neutral.

In addition, the Constitution stipulates that no Colombian by birth may be deprived of his or her nationality, so that he or she can lose it only by renunciation, and that, even then, Colombian nationality may be recovered in accordance with the law.

Nationality Law

Law No. 62 of 1958 on Nationality stipulates that Indonesia should apply the principle of ius sanguinis and not recognize dual citizenship.

Foreign nationals and stateless persons can be granted asylum as established by the legislation.

Hence, article 28 of the Syrian Nationality Act provides that The Council of State, in its capacity as an administrative law body, shall have the exclusive competence to adjudicate in nationality proceedings.

8 The NLPRC is applicable to Hong Kong by virtue of article 18 of the Basic Law.

Women and men may transmit their nationality to their children on an equal footing.

Article 6 of Law No. 149 (Nationality Act of 1992) provides that Nicaraguans, whether male or female, who are married to aliens shall retain their nationality even if they acquire the nationality of their spouse in accordance with the law of the spouse's country, provided that they do not expressly renounce their Nicaraguan nationality.

The issue most often criticized regarding the law on nationality had been Article 9 which stipulated that the Indonesian citizenship of a husband automatically should pass on to his wife, unless she retained another nationality.

Nationality law

The rules and conditions for the acquisition or loss of citizenship are specified in the constitutional law of 1995 on Republic of Tajikistan citizenship.

Emphasizing that nationality is essentially governed by internal law within the limits set by international law,

I). Only the 15 February 1978 revision deals with nationality, but without changing the rules in force, i.e. the 1972 Law the new article 11 provides that Zairian nationality is unitary and exclusive, and that the legislation shall determine the conditions for its recognition, acquisition and loss.

18. The interest of States was dealt with indirectly in the second preambular paragraph, where it was stated that nationality was essentially governed by internal law, within the limits set by international law, thus implying the right of a successor State to legislate conditions for the acquisition of nationality.

These were the Citizenship (Nationality) Code, the Law on the Special Provisions for Naturalization, the Law on the Identification of Persons and Regulation of Aliens (Foreigners) in Côte d'Ivoire, the Law on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), the Law on the Financing of Political Parties, and the Law on the National Human Rights Commission.

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One academic study, focusing on Law No. 62 of 1958 on Citizenship, has come up with a recommendation that Indonesian women who marry foreigners should have the right to determine the citizenship of their children. The present Citizenship Law stipulates that children born of a legal marriage between an Indonesian woman and a foreigner should automatically follow the citizenship of the father.

b) Article 20 stipulates that Indonesian citizenship of a husband will be shared by his foreign born wife through a legal union, except that this gain of citizenship would bestow on his wife bi nationality or the wife could make a written declaration to reject the gaining of Indonesian citizenship.

A natural minor, when the father or mother has proved descent and has acquired the nationality of the Niger.

Nationality (in cases where is it established at a date subsequent to the birth of the individual concerned) is acquired by naturalization or marriage, in accordance with the current legislation promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 276 of 1969, in the following instances

Republic of Tajikistan law specifies that admission to Republic of Tajikistan citizenship is solely on the basis of petitions submitted by citizens of other States or by stateless persons.

New Netherlands Nationality Act

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Laws on nationality and immigration

The law gives women equal rights with men regarding the citizenship of their children and does not establish any impediments to citizenship based on sex.

This declaration is valid only if the wife acquires or is able to acquire her husband's nationality under the laws of her spouse's State of origin (Article 102 of the Civil Code).

Article 9 Nationality law and aliens law

It was recalled that the draft article stipulated that the acquisition of nationality must not be inconsistent with international law.