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Section 11
Section 11
The Second Schedule to the Federal Constitution is amended—
(a)
in Part II—
(i)
in section 1—
(A)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words “either a citizen or permanently resident in the Federation” the words
“a citizen”;
in paragraph (b)—
(AA) by substituting for the words
“whose father” the words “of whose parents one at least”; and
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(BB) by inserting after the words
“of a State” the words “and whose birth is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer period as the Federal Government may in any particular case allow, registered at a consulate of the Federation or with the Federal Government”;
(C)
in paragraph (c)—
(AA) by substituting for the words
“whose father” the words “of whose parents one at least”; and
(BB) by deleting the words “in Brunei or”;
and
(D)
by deleting paragraph (d);
(ii)
in section 2—
(A)
in subsection (1), by deleting the words
“, (d)”; and in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “his father” wherever appearing the words “his mother or father”; and
(iii)
by inserting after section 2 the following section:
“3. (1) A person who is a citizen by virtue of paragraph (b) or (c) of section 1 shall, within forty-eight months after he attains the age of eighteen years, take the oath set out in the First Schedule.
(2)
Where a citizen referred to in subsection (1)
fails to take the oath set out in the First Schedule upon attaining the age of twenty-two years, he shall cease to be a citizen.
(3)
A child born outside the Federation, to a person who is a citizen by virtue of paragraph (c) of section 1
and does not reside in the Federation, is not a citizen by operation of law and such person may make an application for his child to be a citizen by registration.”;
and
(b)
in Part III—
(i)
in section 9, by substituting for the words
“twenty-one years” the words “eighteen years”;
(ii)
in section 19—
(A)
by substituting for the words “the father”
wherever appearing the words “the mother or father”;
by substituting for the words “his father”
the words “his mother or father”;
(C)
by substituting for the words “the father’s death” the words “the death of his mother or father”; and
(D)
by substituting for the words “had he died after Merdeka Day shall be deemed to be the status or description applicable to him at the time of his death” the words
“had she or he died after Merdeka Day shall be deemed to be the status or description applicable to her or him at the time of her or his death”; and
(iii)
in section 19b, by substituting for the words
“a mother permanently resident there” the words
“a mother who is a citizen”.
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