Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment
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- Jurisdiction
- Papua New Guinea
- Provision
- 70
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source70 . Automatic loss of citizenship.
(1 ) A citizen who has reached voting age and is of full capacity who—
loses his citizenship.
(2) A person who is found by a court to have obtained citizenship by a false representation, fraud or concealment of a material fact on his part loses his citizenship, unless the Minister responsible for citizenship matters is satisfied that the offence wa s of a minor nature and that revelation of the true fact would not have affected the grant of naturalization.
(3 ) Subsection (1)(g) does not apply to—
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Constitution as amended by the 2025 Christian Country amendment · faolex.fao.org · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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