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CHAPTER 3
CITIZENSHIP
6 CITIZENSHIP OF GHANA
(1)
Every person who, on the coming into force of this Constitution, is a citizen of Ghana by-law shall
continue to be a citizen of Ghana.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person born in or outside Ghana after the coming into
force of this Constitution, shall become a citizen of Ghana at the date of his birth if either of his
parents or grandparents is or was a citizen of Ghana.
(3)
A child of not more than seven years of age found in Ghana whose parents are not known shall be
presumed to be a citizen of Ghana by birth.
(4)
A child of not more than sixteen years of age neither of whose parents is a citizen of Ghana who is
adopted by a citizen of Ghana shall, by virtue of the adoption, be a citizen of Ghana.
7 PERSONS ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS CITIZENS
(1)
A woman married to a man who is a citizen of Ghana or a man married to a woman who is a citizen of
Ghana may, upon making an application in the manner prescribed by Parliament, be registered as a
citizen of Ghana.
(2)
Clause (1) of this article applies also to a person who was married to a person who, but for his or her
death, would have continued to be a citizen of Ghana under clause (1) of article 6 of this Constitution.
(3)
Where the marriage of a woman is annulled after she has been registered as a citizen of Ghana under
clause (1) of this article, she shall, unless she renounces that citizenship, continue to be a citizen of
Ghana.
(4)
Any child of a marriage of a woman registered as a citizen of Ghana under clause (1) of this article to
which clause (3) of this article applies, shall continue to be a citizen of Ghana unless he renounces that
citizenship.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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