Reformed Legislative Provisions Senegal Previous Legislative Provisions Date of Reform: 8 July 2013 (with retroactive effect) Article 5 Article 521 Any child born as a direct descendant of a Senegalese is Senegalese. A person is Senegalese if that person is: 20 Article 8 (Abrogated in full) (1) a legitimate child of a Senegalese father; (2) a legitimate child of a Senegalese mother and a father with no nationality or of unknown nationality; (3) an illegitimate child of a Senegalese who was the first parent with whom filiation was established; or (4) an illegitimate child of a Senegalese who was the second parent with whom filiation was established, if the other parent is without nationality or of unknown nationality. Article 8 The following may opt for Senegalese nationality between the ages of 18 and 25 years: (1) A legitimate child born of a Senegalese mother and a father of foreign nationality; or (2) an illegitimate child of a Senegalese who was the second parent with established filiation, if the other parent is of foreign nationality. The option must be exercised by declaration before the President of the Departmental Court in the jurisdiction where the declarant resides. If the declarant is abroad, the declaration must be made before Senegalese consular agents. At the request of the President of the Departmental Court or of the consular agents, this declaration shall be registered with the Ministry of Justice. 2021 20 For the original French text, please see Loi 2013-05 portant modification de la loi no 61-10 du 7 mars 1961 déterminant la nationalité, 8 July 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51ed5ef14.html 21 For the original French text, please see Loi n° 61-70 du 7 mars 1961, Code de la nationalité sénégalaise, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/46cebc2e2.html 10 CAMPAIGN TO END STATELESSNESS WITHIN 10 YE ARS