A/HRC/10/34 page 5 general call for submission of information on status within the time frame determined in the call; when a Bosnian national is sentenced in or outside the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a criminal offence including smuggling arms or explosives. 11. The Government indicated that article 5 of the Law on Citizenship regulates the acquisition of citizenship by descent, by birth on Bosnian territory, by adoption, by naturalization and by international agreement. Bulgaria 12. The Government of Bulgaria stated that article 25.3 of the Constitution expressly prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of nationality of Bulgarian citizens. In article 25.1 the Constitution provides that any person, whereof at least one of the parents is a Bulgarian citizen, or who has been born in Bulgaria, shall be a Bulgarian citizen unless acquiring another citizenship by descent. Bulgarian citizenship may also be acquired by naturalization. The Bulgarian Citizenship Act stipulates that any Bulgarian citizens who are permanently residing abroad may request to be released from Bulgarian citizenship if they have acquired another nationality or if there is information showing that a procedure of acquisition of a foreign nationality has been initiated. 13. According to the Government, the Citizenship Act states that Bulgarian citizenship acquired through naturalization may be revoked if persons have supplied false information to obtain it. Revocation of the naturalization of one of the spouses shall not revoke the naturalization of the other spouse or children, unless citizenship was likewise obtained on the grounds of false information. The Government also indicated that the Law provides that any person who has acquired Bulgarian citizenship through naturalization may be deprived of it if the person has been sentenced for a grave crime committed against Bulgaria, subject to the condition that the person is abroad and does not become stateless. Burkina Faso 14. The Government of Burkina Faso stated that article 135 of the Persons and Family Code indicates that provisions relating to nationality contained in international treaties ratified by Burkina Faso are applicable, even if they are contrary to provisions of internal law. The Government stated that, according to Title V of the Persons and Family Code, Burkinabe citizenship may be acquired by birth; by marriage, in which case a stateless person cannot decline Burkinabe citizenship; and in the case of persons born to foreign parents, who can obtain Burkinabe nationality at the legal majority age if they have resided in Burkina Faso for the last five years. 15. The Government reported that the situations leading to deprivation of nationality are limited. Article 170 of the Persons and Family Code states that persons shall not be naturalized if they do not have good morals; if they have been convicted to more than one year’s imprisonment and are not subject to rehabilitation or amnesty for a common-law crime; if they are not mentally healthy; or in the case of entrepreneurs, if they do not submit proof of important investments. According to article 189, loss of nationality can be declared if persons have been convicted of a crime against the internal or external security of the State; have been convicted for an act qualified as a crime against the institutions of Burkina Faso; have carried out for the benefit of a foreign country acts which are incompatible or damaging to Burkina Faso’s interests; have been