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Section 5

Amendment of Article 18

of Constitution (Amendment) Act 2025

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Section 5

Article 18 of the Federal Constitution is amended by inserting after Clause (1) the following Clause:

“(1a)  A person under the age of eighteen years who is a citizen by registration shall, upon attaining the age of eighteen years, take the oath set out in the First Schedule, and if the person fails to take the oath within forty-eight months after he attains the age of eighteen years, he shall cease to be a citizen.”.

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