4.The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 5 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 5A of that enactment
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| | (1) Any person who was born within or outside Sri Lanka after the appointed date but prior to the date of commencement of this Act and:
| | | (a) whose mother only was at the time of his birth a citizen of Sri Lanka and he is over twenty two years of age , or |
| (b) neither of whose parents was at the time of his birth a citizen of Sri Lanka but at least one of his parents subsequently becomes a citizen of Sri Lanka , and |
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| (2) A person referred to in subsection (1) who is a citizen of any other country and who desires to acquire Sri Lankan citizenship and renounce citizenship of that other country may make an application to the Minister for a declaration that he has acquired the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka if he renounces citizenship of such other country, in accordance with the law in force in that behalf in that other country and he is and intends continue ordinarily resident in Sri Lanka, and the Minister may make the declaration for which the application is made |
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| (3) A person referred to in subsection (1) who is a citizen of any other country and who desires to acquire Sri Lankan citizenship also retain citizen of that other country may make an application to the Minister for a declaration to the effect that he has acquired the status of citizen of Sri Lanka notwithstanding the (act that he is and continues to be a citizen of that other country and the Minister may make the declaration for which the application is made, if he is satisfied that the making of such declaration would in all the circumstances of the case, he of benefit to Sri Lanka. |
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| (4)When a declaration is made under this section, the Minister shall specify the date with effect from which such person shall have acquired the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka. |
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| (5)The provisions of subsection (7) of section 19 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a person who has acquired the status of a citizen of Sri Lanka by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section. |
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| (6)The provisions of section 26 of the principal enactment relating to the payment of fees, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the application of a person under this section.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts