9(2) of the Nationality Act.299 If the person who wishes to be released from Danish nationality resides in Denmark, renunciation is only accepted if the person in question has a justified reason for the renunciation. Until 1 September 2015, Danish nationality was lost in cases when a Danish national acquired a foreign nationality upon application or with his or her express consent, or where a Danish national acquired a foreign nationality by entering the public service of another country (Sections 7(i) and 7(ii) of the Nationality Act). Unmarried children who became foreign nationals together with their parents would also as a rule in such cases lose their Danish nationality.300 As of 1 September 2015, dual nationality is accepted. In addition, a transitional reacquisition provision will apply for former Danish citizens who have lost their Danish nationality by acquisition of a foreign nationality. It is a requirement that they have not been sentenced to imprisonment in the period between their loss of Danish nationality and the submission of the declaration for reacquisition. They (and their children) may reacquire Danish nationality by submitting a declaration to that effect within five years to the State Administration.301 According to Section 8 of the Nationality Act, any person born abroad who has never lived nor been staying in Denmark under circumstances indicating some association with the country, will lose his or her Danish nationality automatically on attaining the age of 22 unless this will make the person stateless. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration may however grant an application for retention of Danish nationality – if submitted before the applicant’s 22nd birthday. Deprivation of Danish nationality is possible in cases where the Danish nationality is acquired by fraudulent conduct (Section 8A) and where a person is convicted of violation of Part 12 or 13 of the Criminal Code concerning crimes against the state (Section 8B). In the latter case, deprivation of nationality may not take place if it makes the person stateless. Cases of deprivation of nationality are resolved by court order, and the proceedings are governed by the rules of administration of justice. Until now, courts have deprived a number of Danish nationals of their nationality pursuant to Section 8A, while only six Danish nationals have been deprived of their Danish nationality pursuant to Section 8B.302 Predominantly, Danish nationality law is compatible with the international standards concerning loss, renunciation and deprivation of nationality. 4.2.5 Reduction of statelessness 4.2.5.1 Naturalization Article 32 of the 1954 Convention provides in full: “The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of stateless persons. They shall in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings and to reduce as far as possible the charges and costs of such proceedings.”303 72 299 Ibid. It should also be noted that if the person who wishes to be released from Danish nationality resides in Denmark, renunciation is only accepted if the person in question has a justified reason for renunciation. 300 Such children would however not lose Danish nationality if the child’s other parent remained Danish and had part in the parental authority of the child, see former Section 7(iii) of the Nationality Act. 301 See Section 3 of the Act No. 1496 of 23 December 2014 amending the Nationality Act by providing for the acceptance of dual nationality. 302 See among other cases, the case referred in U 2009.2296Ø (on crimes against the state), U 2003.1600V and U 2010.3061Ø (on fraud). These judgments are published at the website of EUDO, available at: https://bit.ly/331VHwr. See also the Supreme Court’s judgment of 29 November 2016 on deprivation of nationality pursuant to section 8A, available at https://bit.ly/2BzELSq and the two cases on deprivation of nationality pursuant to section 8B: the Supreme Court judgment of 8 June 2016 available at https://bit.ly/3hKiqBe and the Supreme Court judgment of 14. November 2017 available at https://bit.ly/3hGu3ZQ. 303 Because special rules – both under international law and Danish law – govern stateless persons born in the territory of the State Party, provisions in Danish law addressing such persons are discussed separately. See section 3.4.1.1., supra. Mapping Statelessness in Denmark