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Book 4: Laws Concerning Nationality (1954)

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1. Afghanistan: View PDF file
    Afghan Nationality Law of 8 November 1936 1
2. Albania: View PDF file
    Nationality Act No. 377 of 16 December 1946 4
3. Andorre: View PDF file
  (a) Décret du 17 juin 1939 9
  (b) Décret complémentaire du 26 décembre 1941 10
4. Argentina: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 11 March 1949 11
  (b) Act No. 346 of 8 October 1869 concerning Argentine citizenship 11
  (c) Act No. 10,256 of 18 September 1917 13
5. Australia: View PDF file
  (a) Nationality and Citizenship Act No. 83 of 1948 13
  (b) Nationality and Citizenship (Burmese) Act No. 12 of 1950 28
  (c) Nationality and Citizenship Act No. 58 of 1950 29
  (d) Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 70 of 1952 30
6. Austria: View PDF file
  (a) Constitutional Act of 6 February 1947 31
  (b) Transitional Citizenship Act of 1949 32
  (c) Citizenship Act of 1949  34
7. Belgique: View PDF file
  (a) Arrêté royal du 14 décembre 1932 portant coordination des lois sur l'acquisition, la perte et le recouvrement de la nationalité  37
  (b) Loi du 20 janvier 1939 approuvant la Convention de La Haye du 12 avril 1930 concernant certaines questions relatives aux conflits des lois sur la nationalité et ses protocoles relatifs aux obligations militaires dans certains cas de double nationalité et l'apatridie 44
  (c) Arrêté-loi du 1er juin 1944 portant modifications temporaires de la législation sur la nationalité  44
  (d) Arrêté-loi du 20 juin 1945 sur la déchéance de la nationalité belge 45
  (e) Loi du 5 février 1947 organisant le statut des étrangers prisonniers politiques 46
  (f) Loi du 1er juin 1949 maintenant certaines dispositions légales en vigueur nonobstant la remise de l'armée sur pied de paix 47
  (g) Arrêté du 13 décembre 1949 du Régent déterminant la date d'expiration du délai accordé par l'article 1er de l'arrêté-loi du 1er juin 1944 portant modifications temporaires de la législation sur la nationalité  47
  (h) Loi du 31 décembre 1951 accordant certains délais pour l'acquisition de la nationalité belge 47
  (i) Loi du 11 février 1953 relative aux effets de l'adoption en matière de nationalité 48
8. Bolivia: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 23 November 1945 as amended on 20 September and 26 November 1947 49
  (b) Supreme Decree of 1 December 1938 concerning naturalization 50
9. Brazil: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 18 September 1946 52
  (b) Act No. 818 of 18 September 1949 to govern the acquisition, loss and recovery of nationality and the loss of political rights 52
10. Bulgaria: View PDF file
  (a) Citizenship Act No. 9327 of 19 March 1948 60
  (b) Act of 11 November 1950 amending the Bulgarian Citizenship Act 64
11. Burma: View PDF file
  (a) The Union Citizenship (Election) Act No. XXVI of 1948 64
  (b) The Union Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. XLIII of 4 January 1949 66
12. Cambodge: View PDF file
    Code civil du 1erjuillet 1920 67
13. Canada: View PDF file
    Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946 as amended in 1949, 1950 and 1951 69
14. Ceylon: View PDF file
  (a) Citizenship Act No. 18 of 21 September 1948 83
  (b) Citizenship Amendment Act No. 40 of 1950 88
15. Chile: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 18 September 1925 91
  (b) Consolidated text No. 3690 of Legislative Decree No. 747 of 15 December 1925 concerning the naturalization of aliens 92
16. China: View PDF file
    Nationality Act of 5 February 1929 94
17. Colombia: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 21 April 1886 as amended on 16 February 1945 97
  (b) Act No. 22 bis of 29 February 1936 to amend and supplement the provisions concerning the naturalization of aliens 98
18. Costa Rica: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 7 November 1949 103
  (b) Aliens and Naturalization Act of 29 April 1950 134
19. Cuba: View PDF file
    Constitution of 4 April 1952 108
20. Czechoslovakia: View PDF file
  (a) Constitutional Decree No. 33 of 2 August 1945 by the President of the Republic governing Czechoslovak State citizenship of persons of German and Hungarian ethnic origin 110
  (b) Proclamation No. 51 of 25 August 1945 by the Minister of the Interior concerning the time-limit governing applications for the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship to wives and children of Czechoslovak State citizens 111
  (c) Constitutional Act No. 74 of 12 April 1946 concerning the grant of Czechoslovak State citizenship to repatriated persons 111
  (d) Constitutional Act No. 179 of 13 September 1946 concerning the grant of Czechoslovak State citizenship to persons repatriated from Hungary 112
  (e) Proclamation No. 254 of 20 December 1946 by the Minister of the Interior concerning the time-limit governing applications for the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship to husbands of Czechoslovak State citizens 113
  (f) Decree No. 76 of 13 April 1948 concerning the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship to persons of German and Hungarian ethnic origin 114
  (g) Proclamation No. 77 by the Minister of the Interior, dated 16 April 1948, concerning the time-limit governing applications for the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship 115
  (h) Constitutional Act No. 107 of 28 April 1948 to extend the time-limit governing applications for the grant of Czechoslovak State citizenship to repatriated persons 115
  (i) Act No. 245 of 25 October 1948 concerning the Czechoslovak State citizenship of persons of Hungarian ethnic origin 115
  (j) Proclamation No. 119 of 18 May 1949 by the Minister of the Interior concerning applications for the restoration of State citizenship to persons of German ethnic origin 116
  (k) Act No. 194 of 13 July 1949 concerning the acquisition and loss of Czechoslovak State citizenship 116
  (l) Executive Decree No. 252 of 29 November 1949 concerning the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship to persons of German ethnic origin 119
  (m) Act No. 25 of 22 February 1950 to extend the time-limit governing applications for the grant of Czechoslovak State citizenship to repatriated persons 120
  (n) Proclamation No. 40 of 5 April 1950 by the Minister of the Interior concerning the time-limit governing applications for the restoration of Czechoslovak State citizenship 120
  (o) Act No. 34 of 24 April 1953 to grant Czechoslovak State citizenship to certain persons  121
21. Denmark: View PDF file
  (a) Citizenship Act No. 252 of 27 May 1950 121
  (b) An Act to resolve certain questions of Danish citizenship. No. 504 dated 20 December 1950 124
22. Dominican Republic: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 10 January 1947 126
  (b) Naturalization Act No. 1683 of 16 April 1948 126
  (c) Civil Code 132
23. Ecuador: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 31 December 1946 132
  (b) Decree No. 985 of 14 June 1950 governing naturalization extradition and expulsion 133
24. Egypte: View PDF file
  (a) Loi n° 160 du 13 septembre 1950 sur la nationalité égyptienne 136
  (b) Loi n° 194 du 25 octobre 1951 modifiant certaines dispositions de la loi n° 160 de 1950 sur la nationalité égyptienne  142
  (c) Loi n° 378 du 6 août 1953 relative à l'exemption des membres des communautés religieuses non islamiques du délai fixé àl'alinéa 1er de l'article 10 de la loi n° 160 de 1950 sur la nationalité égyptienne 143
25. El Salvador: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 7 September 1950 143
  (b) Aliens Act of 27 September 1886 144
26. Ethiopia: View PDF file
    Nationality Act of 22 July 1930 147
27. Finland: View PDF file
    Act of 9 May 1941 concerning the acquisition and loss of Finnish citizenship 149
28. France: View PDF file
  (a) Ordonnance n° 45-2441 du 19 octobre 1945 portant code de la nationalité francaise 152
  (b) Loi n° 46-2236 du 16 octobre 1946 complétant l'article 8 de l'ordonnance du 19 octobre 1945 portant code de la nationalité française  173
  (c) Loi n° 47-2326 du 13 décembre 1947 relative au changement de nationalité sur les territoires réunis àla France par le traité de Paris du 10 février 1947 avec l'Italie 173
  (d) Décret n° 53-161 du 24 février 1953 déterminant les modalités d'application du code de la nationalité française dans les territoires d'outre-mer 174
  (e) Loi n° 54-395 du 9 avril 1954 modifiant l'article 9 de l'ordonnance n° 45-2441 du 19 octobre 1945 portant code de la nationalité française 177
  (f) Décret n° 54-520 du 25 avril 1954 portant règlement d'administration publique pour l'application dans la zone française de l'empire chérifien de la loi n° 51-658 du 24 mai 1951 (article 39 modifié de l'ordonnance n° 45-2441 du 19 octobre 1945) 178
  (g) Décret n° 54-521 du 25 avril 1954 portant règlement d'administration publique pour l'application en Tunisie de la loi n° 51-658 du 24 mai 1951 (article 39 modifié de l'ordonnance n° 45-2441 du 19 octobre 1945) 178
29. Germany (West): View PDF file
  (a) Nationality Act of 22 July 1913 178
  (b) Ordinance of 5 February 1934 concerning German nationality 186
  (c) Act of 15 May 1935 to amend the Nationality Act  186
  (d) Memorandum of 5 October 1953 by the Permanent Observer of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations on the changes made in the Nationality Act of 22 July 1913 by article 3, paragraph 2, of the Basic Law (Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany) concerning married women 186
30. Greece: View PDF file
  (a) Act No. 391 of 29 October 1856 as amended by the Legislative Decree of 13 September 1926 which was confirmed by the Order of 12 August 1927 187
  (b) Act No. 1242 (b) of 1919 concerning elementary education 190
  (c) Act No. 4324 of 1930 concerning army recruitment  190
  (d) Legislative Decree No. 1391 of 6 October 1938 on the status of petty officers, seamen and boys of the Greek Navy 190
  (e) Legislative Decree No. 2280/1940 of 2 April 1940 to amend and supplement the Act relating to nationality 191
  (f) Act No. 580 of 7 September 1943 to amend and supplement the law relating to nationality 194
  (g) Royal Decree No. 315 of 19 April 1947 concerning the recognition of persons as Greek nationals  196
  (h) Decree No. 37 of 6 December 1947 to deprive of Greek nationality persons who commit abroad acts prejudicial to the national interest 196
  (i) Act No. 517 of 3 January 1948 concerning the nationality of persons residing or originating in the Dodecanese 197
31. Guatemala: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 11 March 1945 198
  (b) Legislative Decree No. 2010 of 26 May 1934 amending Article 97 of the Civil Code  201
  (c) Aliens Act No. 1781 of 25 January 1936 as amended 201
  (d) Decree No. 2391 of 11 June 1940 concerning naturalization 205
  (e) Political Statute of 10 August 1954 205
32. Haiti: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution du 25 novembre 1950 206
  (b) Loi sur la nationalité du 22 août 1907 207
  (c) Décret-loi du 29 mai 1939 209
  (d) Décret-loi du 22 juillet 1939 210
  (e) Décret-loi n° 8 du 3 juillet 1941 211
  (f) Décret n° 108 du 4 février 1942 212
  (g) Loi n° 178 du 5 août 1942 relative àla nationalité haïtienne 212
  (h) Loi n° 220 du 23 octobre 1942 relative àla nationalité haïtienne 213
  (i) Loi n° 340 du 28 décembre 1943 213
  (j) Décret-loi n° 288 du 3 juin 1944 relatif àla nationalité haïtienne 213
  (k) Loi du 24 février 1947 214
33. Honduras: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 28 March 1936  214
  (b) Aliens Act of 1 March 1946 as amended by Decree No. 60 of 8 February 1951 (Enacted by Decree No. 81)  215
34. Hungary: View PDF file
    Nationality Act LX of 24 December 1948 219
35. Iceland: View PDF file
    Nationality Act of 23 December 1952 226
36. India: View PDF file
    Constitution of 26 November 1949 229
37. Indonesia: View PDF file
  (a) Act No. 3 of 10 April 1946 concerning citizens and residents of Indonesia 230
  (b) Agreement of 1949 concerning the assignment of citizens 234
38. Iran: View PDF file
    Livre II du Code civil du 16 février 1935 238
39. Iraq: View PDF file
  (a) Nationality Law of 9 October 1924 241
  (b) Nationality (Amendment) Law of 25 February 1925 244
  (c) Ordinance No. 81 of 28 October 1926 for the amendment of the Nationality Law, 1924 245
  (d) Ordinance No. 62 of 15 August 1933 for the cancellation of Iraq nationality 245
  (e) Law No. 1 of 4 March 1950 supplementing Ordinance No. 62 of 15 August 1933 246
40. Ireland: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 1937  246
  (b) Nationality and Citizenship Act No. 13 of 1935 245
  (c) Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 39 of 1937 262
41. Israel: View PDF file
  (a) Law of return of 6 July 1950 263
  (b) Nationality Law of 1 April 1952 263
42. Italy: View PDF file
    Nationality Act of 13 June 1912 267
43. Japan: View PDF file
    Nationality Law of 4 May 1950 271
44. Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of): View PDF file
  (a) Revised draft of Trans-Jordan Nationality Law of 1 May 1928 274
  (b) Law No. 24 of 15 November 1944. A Law to amend the Trans-Jordan Nationality Law  276
  (c) Additional Law (No. 56 of 1949) to the Nationality Law 277
  (d) Nationality Law No. 6 of 4 February 1954 277
45. Korea: View PDF file
  (a) Nationality Law No. 16 of 20 December 1948 280
  (b) Presidential Order No. 567 of 18 November 1951 governing the Nationality Law 282
46. Laos: View PDF file
    Loi n° 138 sur l’acquisition ou la perte de la nationalité laotienne du 6 avril 1953 283
47. Liban: View PDF file
  (a) Arrêté 2825 du 30 août 1924  284
  (b) Arrêté n° 15/S du 19 janvier 1925 relatif àla nationalité libanaise 285
  (c) Arrêté n° 160/LR du 16 juillet 1934 286
  (d) Arrêté n° 122/LR du 19 juin 1939 286
  (e) Rectificatif du 13 avril 1942 au décret législatif n°154/NI du 23 mars 1942 286
  (f) Loi du 31 janvier 1946 287
48. Liberia: View PDF file
  (a) Law of 8 February 1922  288
  (b) Law on naturalization of 14 December 1938 289
  (c) Law on naturalization of 28 January 1948 amending the Law of 14 December 1938 292
  (d) Law of 17 January 1951 292
49. Libya: View PDF file
    Constitution of 7 October 1951 293
50. Liechtenstein: View PDF file
    Act of 14 November 1933 on the acquisition and loss of nationality 294
51. Luxembourg: View PDF file
    Loi du 9 mars 1940 sur l'indigénat luxembourgeois 298
52. Mexico: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 5 February 1917 as amended by Decree of 18 January 1934 307
  (b) Nationality and Naturalization Act of 5 January 1934 as amended by Decrees of 18 September 1939, 30 December 1940 and 28 December 1949 307
53. Monaco: View PDF file
  (a) Ordonnance sur la nationalité du 8 juillet 1877 314
  (b) Ordonnance sur la nationalité du 26 juin 1900 315
  (c) Ordonnance sur la nationalité du 20 mai 1909 316
  (d) Ordonnance sur la nationalité du 13 avril 1911 317
  (e) Loi n° 415 du 7 juin 1945 concernant la nationalité de la femme mariée 319
  (f) Loi n° 572 du 18 novembre 1952 319
54. Nepal: View PDF file
    Citizenship Act of 1952 320
55. Netherlands: View PDF file
  (a) Act of 12 December 1892, A.O.D. 268, relative to Netherlandership and Residentship 321
  (b) Act of 10 February 1910, A.O.D. No. 55, relative to the Netherlands nationality of persons who are not Netherlanders (as amended) 326
  (c) Statutory Order of 22 May 1943, A.O.D. No. D 16 328
  (d) Royal Decree of 4 October 1944, A.O.D. No. E 127 328
  (e) Decree of 12 October 1944, A.O.D. No. E 128 329
  (f) Royal Decree No. II of 17 November 1945 relative to the effect of marriages with enemy nationals, A.O.D. No. F 278 330
  (g) Act of 6 August 1949, A.O.D. No. J 359 331
  (h) Act of 29 December 1950 repealing Royal Decree No. II 331
  (i) Act of 21 December 1951, A.O.D. No. 593, containing further rules concerning nationality and residentship 332
  (j) Act of 15 May 1953 amending article 2 of the Act relative to Netherlandership and residentship 335
  (k) Act of 30 July 1953 containing provisions terminating statelessness 336
56. New Zealand: View PDF file
  (a) British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act, No. 15 of 6 September 1948 337
  (b) Act No. 18 of 4 September 1950  351
57. Nicaragua: View PDF file
    Constitution of 1 November 1950 351
58. Norway: View PDF file
    Nationality Act No. 3 of 8 December 1950 352
59. Pakistan: View PDF file
  (a) Naturalization Act No. VII of 26 February 1926 356
  (b) Pakistan Citizenship Act No. II of 13 April 1951 361
  (c) Naturalization (Amendment) Act, 1952 366
  (d) Pakistan Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. V of 8 April 1952 368
60. Panama: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 1 March 1946 369
  (b) Act No. 8 of 11 February 1941 concerning the naturalization of aliens and recognition of Panamanian nationality by birth 371
61. Paraguay: View PDF file
    Constitution of 10 July 1940 375
62. Peru: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 29 March 1933 (as amended 26 September 1940) 376
  (b) Naturalization Act No. 9148 of 13 June 1940 377
  (c) Supreme Decree of 23 January 1942 concerning the recovery of Peruvian nationality 377
  (d) Supreme Decree of 11 July 1942 concerning persons born in Peru of alien parentage and registered at their parents' national consulates 378
63. Philippines (The): View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 8 February 1935 as amended 378
  (b) Commonwealth Act No. 63 of 21 October 1936 as amended by Rep. Act No. 106 concerning the loss and reacquisition of citizenship 379
  (c) The Revised Naturalization Law (Commonwealth Act No. 473 of 17June 1939) 380
  (d) Republic Act No. 530 of 16 June 1950 making additional provisions for naturalization 386
64. Poland: View PDF file
  (a) Nationality Act of 8 January 1951  386
  (b) Decree of 15 January 1951 concerning jurisdiction of authorities in matters of citizenship 389
65. Portugal: View PDF file
    Statutory provisions governing Portuguese nationality 390
66. Romania: View PDF file
    Decree No. 33 of 24 January 1952 concerning citizenship of the Romanian People's Republic  395
67. San Marino: View PDF file
  (a) Memorandum concerning citizenship by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 9 November 1953 396
  (b) Transitional Act of 12 September 1907 concerning the grant of citizenship to aliens, as amended by the Decree of 30 April 1908 396
  (c) Transitional Decree of 7 March 1914 concerning the grant of citizenship to aliens 397
  (d) Transitional Citizenship Act No. 25 of 15 May 1945 398
68. Saudi Arabia: View PDF file
    Nationality Ordinance of 5 December 1938 399
69. South Africa (Union of): View PDF file
    South African Citizenship Act No. 44 of 29 June 1949 402
70. Southern Rhodesia: View PDF file
  (a) Southern Rhodesian Citizenship and British Nationality Act No. 13, 1949  418
  (b) Southern Rhodesian Citizenship and British Nationality (Amendment) Act, 1951 432
71. Spain: View PDF file
    Civil Code, articles 17 to 28 437
72. Sweden: View PDF file
  (a) Citizenship Act No. 382 of 22 June 1950 439
  (b) Royal Order No. 382 of 22 December 1950 443
73. Suisse: View PDF file
    Loi Fédérale du 29 septembre 1952 sur l'acquisition et la perte de la nationalité suisse  443
74. Syrie: View PDF file
    Décret législatif n° 21 du 4 février 1953 452
75. Thailand: View PDF file
  (a) Nationality Act of 31 January 1952 (B.E. 2495) 455
  (b) Nationality Act No. 2 of 24 January 1953 (B.E. 2496) 458
76. Turkey: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 10 January 1945 459
  (b) Act No. 1041 of 23 May 1927 concerning the deprivation of Turkish citizenship of Ottoman subjects who do not fulfil certain conditions 459
  (c) Act No. 1312 of 28 May 1928 as amended on 6 April 1929 459
77. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: View PDF file
  (a) Soviet Citizenship Act No. 198 of 19 August 1938 462
  (b) Decree of 7 September 1940 concerning the acquisition of USSR citizenship by nationals of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Soviet Socialist Republics  463
  (c) Decree of 8 March 1941 concerning the recovery of USSR citizenship by persons resident in Bessarabia and the acquisition of Soviet citizenship by persons resident in Northern Bukovina 464
  (d) Decree of 10 November 1945 concerning the recovery of USSR citizenship by persons resident in Manchurian territory who were subjects of the former Russian Empire or who have lost Soviet citizenship 464
  (e) Decree of 20 January 1946 to extend the application of the Decree of 10 November 1945 "concerning the recovery of USSR citizenship by persons resident in Manchurian territory who were subjects of the former Russian Empire or who have lost Soviet citizenship" to persons resident in the Province of Sinkiang and the towns of Shanghai and Tientsin who were subjects of the former Russian Empire or who have lost Soviet citizenship 465
  (f) Decrees of 14 June, 26 September and 5 October 1946, and 28 May 1947, concerning the recovery of USSR citizenship by persons resident in France, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Japan, Czechoslovakia and Belgium respectively, who were subjects of the former Russian Empire or who have lost Soviet citizenship  465
  (g) Decree of 19 October 1946 concerning the procedure for the acquisition of USSR citizenship by persons of Armenian national origin returning to Soviet Armenia from abroad 466
  (h) Decree of 3 October 1946 concerning the loss of Soviet citizenship by persons of Czech or Slovak national origin migrating from the USSR to Czechoslovakia and the acquisition of Soviet citizenship by persons of Russian, Ukrainian or Byelorussian national origin migrating from Czechoslovakia to the USSR 466
  (i) Decree of 16 December 1947 concerning the acquisition of USSR citizenship by persons of Lithuanian nationality who are native inhabitants of the town of Klaipeda or of the Klaipeda, Silute and Pagegiai districts of the Lithuanian SSR 466
  (j) Decree of 15 February 1947 to prohibit marriages between citizens of the USSR and aliens 467
  (k) Decree of 30 March 1948 concerning the procedure for the acquisition of USSR citizenship by persons resident in Latin America who are citizens of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Republics or who were born in Bessarabia 467
  (l) Decree of 26 November 1953 to repeal the Decree of 15 February 1947 which prohibited marriages between citizens of the USSR and aliens 468
78. United Kingdom: View PDF file
  (a) British Nationality Act of 30 July 1948 468
  (b) Burma Independence Act of 10 December 1947  486
  (c) Ireland Act of 18 April 1949 489
  (d) British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons Order in Council No. 140 of 28 January 1949 491
  (e) Adoption Act, 1950 495
  (f) British Protectorates, Protected States and Protected Persons (Amendment) Order in Council No. 457 of 10 March 1952 495
79. United States of America: View PDF file
  (a) Public Law 414 of 27 June 1952 496
  (b) Section 1999 of the Revised Statutes (8. U.S.C. 800) 536
  (c) Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 536
  (d) Public Law 86 of 30 June 1953 concerning the naturalization of persons serving in the armed forces 538
  (e) Public Law 72 of 3 September 1954 540,
80. Uruguay: View PDF file
    Constitution of 26 October 1951 540
81. Vatican City: View PDF file
    Act of 7 June 1929 relative to citizenship and sojourn 542
82. Venezuela: View PDF file
  (a) Constitution of 15 April 1953 544
  (b) Naturalization Act of 19 May 1940 544
83. Viet-Nam: View PDF file
    Code civil du Tonkin de 1931 549
84. Yugoslavia: View PDF file
  (a) Act of 23 August 1945 553
  (b) Nationality Act No. 370/331 of 1 July 1,946 554
  (c) Act No. 757/2279 of 2 December 1947 to amend and supplement the Nationality Act 562
  (d) Act No. 871/1642 of 1 December 1948 to amend and supplement the Nationality Act 563
Annex I. International Conventions Concerning Nationality View PDF file
A. The Hague Convention and Protocols (12 April 1930) 567
  1. Convention on certain questions relating to the conflict of nationality laws 567
  2. Protocol relating to military obligations in certain cases of dual nationality 572
  3. Protocol relating to a certain case of statelessness 575
  4. Special Protocol concerning statelessness 577
  5. Final Act of the Hague Conference, Sections I-VIII (13 March-12 April 1930) 580
B. Pan American Conventions  
  1. Convention establishing the status of naturalized citizens who again take up their residence in the country of their origin (Rio de Janeiro, 13 August 1906)  582
  2. Code of Private International Law (Code Bustamente) (Book I, Title I, Chapter I) (Havana, 20 February 1928) 583
  3. Convention on the nationality of women (Montevideo, 26 December 1933) 584
  4. Convention on nationality (Montevideo, 26 December 1933) 585
Annex II. Nationality Provisions of Peace Treaties and Multilateral Treaties or Conventions View PDF file
A. Nationality provisions of Peace Treaties  
  1. Treaty signed at Versailles, 28 June 1919, article 278  586
  2. Treaty signed at St. Germain-en-Laye, 10 September 1919, article 64, 65 and 230 586
  3. Treaty signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine, 27 November 1919 (articles 51, 52) 587
  4. Treaty signed at Trianon, 4 June 1920 (articles 56, 57 and 213)  587
  5. Treaty of Peace, signed at Lausanne, 24 July 1923 (articles 30-36) 587
  6. Treaty of Peace with Italy, signed at Paris, 10 February 1947 (articles 19, 20) 588
B. Multilateral Treaties or Conventions concerning nationality  
  1. Treaty signed at Versailles, 28 June 1919, between the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the United States of America and Poland, articles 4 and 6 590
  2. Treaty signed at St. Germain-en-Laye, 10 September 1919, between the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the United States of America and Czechoslovakia, articles 4 and 6  590
  3. Treaty signed at St. Germain-en-Laye, 10 September 1919, between the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the United States of America and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, articles 4 and 6 591
  4. Treaty signed at Paris, 9 December 1919, between the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the United States of America and Romania, articles 4 and 6 591
  5. Convention signed at Rome, 6 April 1922, between Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, articles 1-4 592
  6. Treaty signed at Washington, 7 February 1923 (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador), article VI 592
  7. Agreement between Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 21 December 1950 593
Annex III. List of Bilateral Treaties, Conventions or Agreements concerning nationality and registered with the League of Nations or the United Nations  View PDF file