(a)
shall, when the Assembly is sitting or when arrangements have already
been made for it to meet within 7 days of the date of the Proclamation, lapse
unless within 7 days the Assembly by resolution approves the Proclamation;
(b)
shall, when the Assembly is not sitting and no arrangements have been
made for it to meet within 7 days, lapse unless within 21 days it meets and
approves the Proclamation by resolution,
(c)
may be revoked at any time by the President, or by resolution of the
Assembly:
Provided that no resolution for the purposes of paragraph (a), or (b) shall be passed
unless it is supported by the votes of a majority of all members of the Assembly.
(9)
A resolution passed by the Assembly for the purposes of subsection (7) (c) (a)
shall remain in force for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as the
Assembly may specify in the resolution;
(b)
may be extended in operation for further periods, not exceeding 12 months
at a time by a further resolution. supported by the votes of a majority of all
the members of the Assembly;
(c)
may be revoked at any time by resolution of the Assembly.
Amended by [Act No. 48 of 1991]
CHAPTER III -CITIZENSHIP
20.
Persons who became citizens on 12 March 1968
(1)
Every person who, having been born in Mauritius, was an 11 March 1968 a citizen
of the United Kingdom and Colonies became a citizen of Mauritius on 12 March
1968.
(2)
Every person who, on 11 March 1968, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies (a)
having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 19481, by
virtue of his having been naturalised by the Governor of the former Colony
of Mauritius as a British subject before that Act came into force; or
(b)
having become such a citizen by virtue of his having been naturalised or
registered by the Governor of the former Colony of Mauritius under that Act,
became a citizen of Mauritius on 12 March 1968.
(3)
Every person who, having been born outside Mauritius, was on 11 March 1968 a
citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, if either of his parents became, or