CITIZENSHIP OF ZIMBABWE ACT
DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS
VERITAS MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THE PROVISION OF RELIABLE INFORMATION,
BUT CANNOT TAKE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION SUPPLIED.
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CITIZENSHIP OF ZIMBABWE ACT
Acts 23/1984, 7/1990 (s. 152(5)), 12/2001 1.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1.
Short title.
2.
lnterpretation.
PART II
REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF CITIZENSHIP
3.
Registrar-General of Citizenship.
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8.
PART III
ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP BY REGISTRATION
Applications for registration of persons of full age and sound mind.
Applications for registration of persons under legal disability.
Rejected applications and applications from former citizens not to be considered for two years.
Registration.
Certificates of registration.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
PART IV
PROHIBITION OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP AND RENUNCIATION, DEPRIVATION, LOSS AND RESTORATION OF CITIZENSHIP
Prohibition of dual citizenship.
Renunciation of citizenship.
Deprivation of citizenship.
Children of persons deprived of citizenship.
Loss of citizenship through absence from Zimbabwe.
Restoration of citizenship.
PART V
GENERAL
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16.
17.
18.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
Citizenship of women not affected by marriage.
Minister not required to give reasons for decisions.
Honorary citizens.
Certificates of citizenship in certain cases.
Minister may extend periods.
Evidence.
Offences and penalties.
Regulatory powers of Minister.
Transitional provision: non-citizen office-holders.
AN ACT to make further provision for citizenship of Zimbabwe and to provide for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto.
[Date of commencement: 1st December, 1984.]
WHEREAS sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Constitution provide as follows (the references to “the appointed day” being references to the 18th April, 1980)—
4. A person who, immediately before the appointed day, was or was deemed to be a citizen by birth, descent or regi stration shall, on and after that day, be a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth, descent or registration, as the case may be.
5. (1) A person born in Zimbabwe on or after the appointed day shall be a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth unless—
(a) at the time of his birth, his father—
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Citizenship of Zimbabwe Amendment Act, 2001 (date of commencement: 6th July, 2001).
Reissue July 2001
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