Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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- Kazakhstan
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Official sourceArticle 10
1. Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be acquired and terminated, as
prescribed by law and shall be indivisible and equal regardless of the grounds of its
acquisition.
2. A citizen of the Republic shall not be deprived of citizenship, the right to change such
citizenship, and also may not be expelled from Kazakhstan. Deprivation of citizenship is
allowed only by a court decision for the commission of terrorist crimes, as well as for causing
other grave harm to the vital interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Foreign citizenship of a citizen of the Republic shall not be recognized.
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.
12 dated December 1, 2003.
Footnote: Article 10 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 51-VI
dated March 10, 2017 (shall be applied from the date of its first official publication).
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