CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 Provided that, if the person is not of full age and capacity, the application shall be made on his behalf by his responsible parent or by his guardian or other lawful representative. (4) A person adopted on or after the appointed day by order made under the law relating to the adoption of children who was not, at the date of the order, a citizen of Zimbabwe shall become a citizen of Zimbabwe on the date of the order if the adopter or, in the case of a joint adoption, the male adopter was, at the date of the order, a citizen of Zimbabwe, and such adopted person shall be regarded as a citizen of Zimbabwe by registration. (5) The registration as a citizen of Zimbabwe of a person referred to in subsection (2) or (3) who is of full age shall not be effected unless and until the person has taken and subscribed the oath of loyalty in the form set out in Schedule 1, and such person shall be registered and become a citizen of Zimbabwe by registration on the date he takes and subscribes the oath of loyalty. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (6) ... [Subsection repealed by section 4 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (7) In subsection (3), “responsible parent”, in relation to a child, means— (a) if the father is dead or the mother has been given custody of the child by order of a court or has custody of the child by virtue of the provisions of a law relating to the guardianship of children or the child is born out of wedlock, the mother of the child; [Paragraph as amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (b) in any other case, the father of the child. (8) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be regarded as— (a) of full age if he has attained the age of majority or if, being under that age, he is or has been married; and (b) of full capacity if he is not of unsound mind. 8 Dual citizenship [Section repealed by section 2 of Act 1 of 1983 - Amendment No. 3] 9 Powers of Parliament in relation to citizenship Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, an Act of Parliament may make provision in respect of citizenship and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may provide for— (a) the acquisition of citizenship of Zimbabwe by persons who are not eligible or who are no longer eligible to become citizens of Zimbabwe under this Chapter; (b) the circumstances in which a person may cease to be a citizen of Zimbabwe; (c) the deprivation of any person of his citizenship of Zimbabwe; (d) the renunciation by any person of his citizenship of Zimbabwe: Consolidation 9 1st October, 2005