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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
South African Citizenship
Amendment Act, No. 69 of 1997
Long title
To amend the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, so as to further regulate citizenship by descent: to further regulate the citizenship of persons who were citizens of any former state by registration; to empower the Minister of Home Affairs to exempt South African citizens from the deprivation of citizenship when making use of the passport facilities of another country; to empower the said Minister to grant a certificate of naturalisation in exceptional circumstances to an applicant who does not comply with the requirements relating to residence or ordinary residence in the Republic; to regulate the resumption of South African citizenship by persons who have lost their citizenship by virtue of the provisions of prior laws; to empower the said Minister to grant exemption to a person who ceased to be a citizen by virtue of a certain provision of a prior law; and to effect certain consequential amendments arising from the operation of the said Act; and to provide for incidental matters.
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Long title
To amend the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, so as to further regulate citizenship by descent: to further regulate the citizenship of persons who were citizens of any former state by registration; to empower the Minister of Home Affairs to exempt South African citizens from the deprivation of citizenship when making use of the passport facilities of another country; to empower the said Minister to grant a certificate of naturalisation in exceptional circumstances to an applicant who does not comply with the requirements relating to residence or ordinary residence in the Republic; to regulate the resumption of South African citizenship by persons who have lost their citizenship by virtue of the provisions of prior laws; to empower the said Minister to grant exemption to a person who ceased to be a citizen by virtue of a certain provision of a prior law; and to effect certain consequential amendments arising from the operation of the said Act; and to provide for incidental matters.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 3 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 4 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 4. | Amendment
of section 5 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 11 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 13 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 8. | Substitution
of section 22 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 9. | Amendment
of section 23 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 10. | Amendment
of section 26 of Act 88 of 1995 |
| 11. | Insertion
of section 26A in Act 88 of 1995 |
| 12. | Short title |
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