42. Powers of Parliament
(1) Parliament may make provision for the acquisition
of citizenship of Lesotho by persons who are not
eligible or who are no longer eligible to become
citizens of Lesotho under the provisions of this
Chapter.
(2) Parliament may make provision for depriving of his
citizenship of Lesotho any person other than a person
who became or becomes—
(a) a citizen of Lesotho by virtue of having been born
in Lesotho; or
(b) a citizen of Lesotho by descent,
unless he would thereby become stateless.
(3) Parliament may make provision for the renunciation
by any person of his citizenship of Lesotho.
43. Interpretation
(1) In this Chapter—
“alien” means a person who is not a citizen of Lesotho;
“prescribed” means prescribed by or under any Act of
Parliament.
(2) In this Chapter, references to a citizen by descent
are references to a person who is a citizen of Lesotho
by virtue of section 39 of this Constitution or of
section 23(2) or 26 of the Constitution of Lesotho of
1966 or of section 6 of the Lesotho Citizenship Order
1971.