Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda
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CHAPTER VIII CITIZENSHIP
- Jurisdiction
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Provision
- 3
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source3. There shall be such provision as may be made by Parliament-
a. for the acquisition of citizenship of Antigua and Barbuda by persons who are not eligible or who are no longer eligible to become citizens under the provisions of this Chapter;
b. for the renunciation by any person of his citizenship;
c. for the certification of citizenship for persons who had acquired that citizenship and who desire such certification; and
d. for depriving of his citizenship any person who is a citizen by virtue of registration if such registration as a citizen was obtained by false representation or fraud or willful concealment of material facts or if he is convicted in Antigua and Barbuda of an act of treason or sedition;
Provided that any law enacted for the purposes of paragraph (d) of this section shall include provisions under which the person concerned shall have a right of appeal to a court of competent jurisdiction or other independent authority and shall be permitted to have legal representation of his own choice.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
117.- Any person not already owing allegiance to the Crown who applies for registration under section 114 of this Constitution shall before such registration, take the oath of allegiance.
INTERPRETATION.
118.-
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