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Citizenship Regulation (Amendment) Act 1987

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE CITIZENSHIP REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT

No. 8 OF 1987

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment to the Citizenship Regulation.
2. Commencement.

An Act to amend the provisions relating to loss of citizenship and to passport control in the Citizenship Regulation.

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:

1. AMENDMENT TO THE CITIZENSHIP REGULATION

The Citizenship Regulation No. 16 of 1980 shall be amended as follows:

(a) by inserting after section 14 the following:

• "14A A person who has acquired citizenship by naturalisation shall lose that citizenship if he travels across a national boundary making use of a passport of any foreign state."

(b) by adding after section 21:

• "22. Any citizen of Vanuatu (whether or not a naturalised citizen) who travels across a national boundary making use of a passport of any foreign state and without being authorised in writing by the Minister commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding 25,000 Vatu or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both."

2. COMMENCEMENT

This Act shall come into force on the date of publication in the Gazette.