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Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons (Special Provisions) Act (No. 39 of 1988) - Sect 3

Status of persons who become citizens under this Act

3. (1) Every person who is a citizen of Sri Lanka by reason of the operation of section 2
(a) shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities in law as citizens of Sri Lanka, including the provisions of law relating to the liability to loss or deprivation of citizenship, and the renunciation of citizenship, in like manner and to the same extent as other citizens of Sri Lanka ;
(b) shall be deemed in law to have renounced all rights to the civil and political status such person may have had, or would but for this Act have had, under any law in force in the territory of the origin of such person or such person's parent, ancestor or husband, as the case may be; and
(c) shall, in all matters relating to, or connected with, status, personal rights and duties, and property in Sri Lanka, be subject to the laws of Sri Lanka.


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