CITIZENSHIP AND STATELESSNESS IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 2020 Table 8: Renunciation and reacquisition COUNTRY RELEVANT LEGAL RENUNCIATION REACQUISITION PROVISIONS Conditions applied Protection vs statelessness ANGOLA By declaration Yes After 1 year’s residence and within (manifestarem a 3 years of majority if renounced on pretensão) child’s behalf by parents L2016Art17-19 After 5 yrs residence, if deprived, and Nat. Ass. must authorise; reacquisition may be opposed on grounds similar to those for deprivation BOTSWANA By registration, minister Yes may withhold if resident Only if lost for dual nationality & is L1998(2004)Arts16,17 resident in Botswana in Botswana COMOROS If auth by decree Yes By decree after inquiry, must be L1979Arts37-41&51-52 resident DRC No provision - By decree if naturalised & must L2004Arts30-33 fulfil same conditions as for naturalisation; by declaration if of origin & must have maintained links to DRC ESWATINI LESOTHO !! By declaration Yes No provision By registration, minister Yes Automatic reacquisition if may withhold if not renounced because of dual conducive to public nationality (law not updated to good or during a war reflect constitutional amendment C2005Art50 L1992Art11 C1993(2018)Art41A L1971(1993)Arts22&25 2018) MADAGASCAR If auth by decree Yes By decree after inquiry, must be L1960Arts30-34&45 resident, not if deprived MALAWI !! By registration, may be Yes If lost because of dual nationality withheld if during a war (but section 27 of the law not or if contrary to public amended in light of new section 7) L1966(2019)Arts7(5), 23&27 policy MAURITIUS By registration, minister Yes may withhold MOZAMBIQUE By declaration In case of marriage, if marriage L1968(1995)Art14 ends Yes Must be domiciled in Mozambique C2004Arts31-32 L1975(1987)Arts14&16 and satisfy conditions relating to integration NAMIBIA By registration, may be withheld if during a war Yes If lost because of dual nationality L1990Arts8&13 or some forms of deprivation, not if is a citizen of another country UNHCR / December, 2020 55