REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Constitution of Nauru (Citizenship) (Amendment) Act 2015
Act No. 19 of 2015

An Act to amend the Constitution of Nauru 1968
 
Certified: 18 September 2015

Contents

1 Short title 
2 Commencement 
3 Act amended 
SCHEDULE – AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF NAURU 1968 
[1] Amendment of Article 73 

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Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

1 Short title
 
This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Nauru (Citizenship) (Amendment) Act 2015.

2 Commencement

 This Act commences on the date on which it is certified by the Speaker.

3 Act amended

The Schedule amends the Constitution of Nauru 1968

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SCHEDULE – AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION OF NAURU 1968

[1] Amendment of Article 73

 Omit
 
Persons born in Nauru on or after 31 January 1968
73. A person born in Nauru on or after the thirty-first day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight is a Nauruan citizen if, at the date of his birth he would not, but for the provisions of this Article, have the nationality of any country.

 Substitute

Persons born in Nauru on or after 31 January 1968
73. A person born in Nauru on or after the thirty-first day of January One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, if at the date of his birth he would not have the nationality of any country, an application may be made to Cabinet for citizenship. It shall be the prerogative of Cabinet as to whether citizenship is granted or not.