Annex
Annex – Nationality legislation regulating
the conferral of nationality on children
The Bahamas
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Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1973, Articles 6, 8, 9 and 14
Bahamas Nationality Act, Section 4
Bahrain
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Bahraini Citizenship Act 1963 (last amended in 1981), Article 4
Barbados
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Constitution of Barbados, Articles 4, 5 and 10(2)
Barbados Citizenship Act, Cap. 186 (last amended 1982), section 5(3)
Brunei Darussalam
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Brunei Nationality Act (Amended by S 43/00 and S 55/02), Articles 4 and 6
Burundi
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Constitution de la République du Burundi promulguée le 7 juin 2018, Article 12
Loi 1/013 du 18 juillet 2000 Portant Reforme du Code de la Nationalité, Articles 2 and 3(c)
Dominican Republic
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Law No. 1683 of 16 April 1948 Relating to Naturalisation, Article 4
Eswatini
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Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act 2005, Section 43(1), (2) and (4)
Swaziland Citizenship Act 1992, Section 7(1), (2), and (4)
Iran
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Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 23 May 1928, Article 976
Amendment to the law on Determining the Nationality of Children Born from a Marriage of
Iranian Women and Foreign Men, 7 September 2021
Iraq
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Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, 15 October 2005, Article 18
Iraqi Nationality Act (No. 26/2006), Articles 3 and 4
Jordan
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Jordanian Nationality Law of 1954 (last amended 2023), Articles 3 and 9
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