Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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after due inquiry in accordance with regulations made by him, that -
(a) the person has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal
towards the Federal Republic of Nigeria; or
(b) the person has, during any war in which Nigeria was
engaged, unlawfully traded with the enemy or been engaged
in or associated with any business that was in the opinion of the
President carried on in such a manner as to assist the enemy
of Nigeria in that war, or unlawfully communicated with such
enemy to the detriment of or with intent to cause damage to the
interest of Nigeria.
31. Persons deemed to be Nigerian Citizens
For the purposes of this Chapter, a parent or grandparent of a
person shall be deemed to be a citizen of Nigeria if at the time of
the birth of that person such parent or grandparent would have
possessed that status by birth if he had been alive on the date of
independence; and in this section, “the date of independence”
has the meaning assigned to it in section 25 (2) of this Constitution.
32. Power to make regulations
(1) The President may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Chapter, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to
be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed
for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Chapter,
and for granting special immigrant status with full residential rights
to non-Nigerian spouses of citizens of Nigeria who do not wish to
acquire Nigerian citizenship.
(2) Any regulations made by the President pursuant to the provisions
of this section shall be laid before the National Assembly.
CHAPTER IV
Fundamental Rights
33. Right to life
(1) Every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived
intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a court
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