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Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996.

No. 6 of 1996.
Certified on: 18.09.96

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. Repeal and replacement of Section 6.

"6. CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION."

2. Regulations (Amendment of Section 11).

AN ACT

entitled

Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996,

Being an Act to amend the Citizenship Act (Chapter 12),

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

1. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 6.

Section 6 of the Principal Act is repealed and is replaced with the following:-

"6. CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALIZATION.
(1) An application for citizenship by naturalization under Section 67 of the Constitution shall be -

• (a) in the prescribed form; and
• (b) verified as prescribed; and
• (c) accompanied by the prescribed fee.

"(2) Where an application for citizenship by naturalization is refused, a prescribed portion of the prescribed fee shall be refunded to the applicant.".

2. REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11).

Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by adding the following:-

"and for prescribing fees as authorized by this Act.".

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1996 was made by the National Parliament on 31 July 1996.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.