Provision This model law sets out two alternative and possible legal provisions. Formulation A outlines a framework that never results in statelessness, which is the ideal formulation and best practice. Formulation B is an alternative that allows statelessness in very limited and extreme circumstances, but always in line with international standards. Formulation A 1. Where persons have been convicted in a court of law of committing an offense which may result in the deprivation of nationality as specified by law, 2. Such person may, at the discretion of the State and after judicial review by a competent tribunal, be deprived of nationality by a competent authority in the following circumstances, provided that the act of deprivation of nationality must never leave the person stateless: (a) In the last five years, they have acquired nationality as a result of fraud, meaning an intentional misrepresentation of material facts, including the use of adulterated or fraudulently obtained documents, or the provision of false facts or particulars; (b) To uphold due process and prevent against erroneous or arbitrary deprivations of nationality, persons subject to the potential deprivation of their nationality under Section 1(a) will be afforded an opportunity to be heard before a competent authority prior to withdrawal of nationality being made final and effective. In coming to a decision, the competent authority must take into account the following factors: i. whether or not the perpetrator of the fraud has another nationality; ii. the severity of the fraud; iii. the time that has passed since the fraud; iv. the strength of the link of the person in question with State X, including; birth on the territory, length of residence, family 38