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ZAF-1997-L-48509
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
South African Citizenship Amendment Act 1997 (No. 69 of 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-11-26
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends provisions of the South African Citizenship Act regarding citizenship by descent and citizenship of persons who were citizens of another state. Empowers the Minister of Home Affairs to exempt South African citizens from deprivation of citizenship when making use of passport facilities of another country, and to grant naturalisation in exceptional circumstances to an applicant who does not meet ordinary requirements.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1995-09-28 (ZAF-1995-L-43434)
South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (No. 88 of 1995).
Amended text(s)
1995-09-28 (ZAF-1995-L-43434)
South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (No. 88 of 1995).
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette
Date
1997-11-28
Volume
Vol. 389
Number
No. 18479
Page range
9 p.