CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
Article 30
Restrictions on the Performance of Functions
1. Citizens with acquired nationality may not be deputies or members of
Government nor shall they be eligible for access to a diplomatic or military
career.
2. The law shall define the conditions under which citizens who have acquired
Mozambican nationality may perform public duties or private duties of public
interest.
CHAPTER III
LOSS AND REACQUISITION OF NATIONALITY
Article 31
Loss
Mozambican nationality shall be lost by a person who:
a) being a national of another State, declares, in accordance with the proper
procedures, that he or she does not wish to be Mozambican;
b) having been given Mozambican nationality as a minor by virtue of a legal
representative’s declaration, declares, in accordance with the proper
procedures, and within one year of reaching the age of majority, that he or
she does not wish to be Mozambican, provided that he or she can
demonstrate possession of another nationality.
Article 32
Reacquisition
1. Mozambican nationality may be granted to Mozambicans who, having lost
such nationality now request it, provided that they meet all of the following
conditions:
a) that they establish their domicile in Mozambique;
b) that they meet the requirements and offer the guarantees prescribed by
law.
2. A Mozambican woman who has lost her nationality through marriage may
reacquire it by addressing a request to the competent authorities.
3. Reacquisition of nationality shall restore the legal situation prevailing prior to
the loss of nationality.
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