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$Unique_ID{COW00469}
$Pretitle{404}
$Title{Botswana
Chapter 3. Citizenship}
$Subtitle{}
$Author{Government of Botswana}
$Affiliation{Government of Botswana}
$Subject{botswana
act
country
repealed
citizen
citizenship
section
concerning
date
declaration}
$Date{1988}
$Log{Oxen*0046901.scf
}
Country: Botswana
Book: Constitution of Botswana
Author: Government of Botswana
Affiliation: Government of Botswana
Date: 1988
Chapter 3. Citizenship
[See Oxen: Courtesy Embassy of Botswana, Washington DC.]
20. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
21. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
22. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
23. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
24. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
25. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
26. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
27. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
28. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].
unless he has renounced his citizenship of that other country, taken the oath
of allegiance and made such declaration of his intentions concerning residence
as may be prescribed by Parliament.
(2) Any person who-
(a) has attained the age of twenty-one years before 30th September, 1966;
and
(b) becomes a citizen of Botswana on that day by virtue of the provisions
of section 20 (1) of this Constitution; and
(c) is immediately after that day also a citizen of some country other
than Botswana,
shall, subject to the provisions of this section, cease to be a citizen of
Botswana upon the specified date unless he has renounced his citizenship of
that other country, taken the oath of allegiance and made such declaration of
his intentions concerning residence as may be prescribed by Parliament.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this section a citizen of Botswana shall
cease to be a citizen if-
(a) having attained the age of twenty-one years, he acquires the
citizenship of some country other than Botswana by voluntary act (other than
marriage); or
(b) having attained the age of twenty-one years he otherwise acquires the
citizenship of some country other than Botswana and has not, by the specified
date, renounced his citizenship of that other country, taken the oath of
allegiance and made such declaration of his intention concerning residence as
may be prescribed by Parliament.
(4) A person who, having attained the age of twenty-one years or being a
woman who is or has been married-
(a) becomes a citizen of Botswana otherwise than under sections 20, 21
or 22 of this Constitution; and
(b) is immediately after the day upon which he becomes a citizen of
Botswana also a citizen of some other country, shall, subject to the
provisions of this section, cease to be a citizen of Botswana upon the
specified date unless he has renounced the citizenship of that other country,
taken the oath of allegiance, and made such declaration of his intentions
concerning residence as may be prescribed by Parliament.
(5) For the purposes of this section, where, under the law of a country
other than Botswana, a person cannot renounce his citizenship of that other
country, he need not make such renunciation but he may instead be required to
make such declaration concerning that citizenship as may be prescribed by
Parliament.
(6) In this section "the specified date" means-
29. [Repealed by Act 32 of 1982].