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9 CITIZENSHIP LAWS BY PARLIAMENT
(1)
Parliament may make provision for the acquisition of citizenship of Ghana by persons who are not
eligible to become citizens of Ghana under the provisions of this Constitution.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in article 7 of this Constitution, a person shall not be registered as a
citizen of Ghana unless at the time of his application for registration he is able to speak and
understand an indigenous language of Ghana.
(3)
The High Court may, on an application made for the purpose by the Attorney-General, deprive a
person who is a citizen of Ghana, otherwise than by birth, of that citizenship on the ground—
(a) that the activities of that person are inimical to the security of the State or prejudicial to public
morality or the public interest; or
(b) that the citizenship was acquired by fraud, misrepresentation or any other improper or irregular
practice.
(4)
There shall be published in the Gazette by the appropriate authority and within three months after
the application or the registration, as the case may be, the name, particulars and other details of a
person who, under this article applies to be registered as a citizen of Ghana or has been registered as
a citizen of Ghana.
(5)
Parliament may make provision by Act of Parliament for (a) the renunciation by any person of his citizenship of Ghana;
(b) the circumstances in which a person may acquire citizenship of Ghana or cease to be a citizen of
Ghana.
10 INTERPRETATION
(1)
A reference in this Chapter to the citizenship of the parent of a person at the time of the birth of that
person shall, in relation to a person born, after the death of the parent, be construed as a reference to
the citizenship of the parent at the time of the parent's death.
(2)
For the purposes of clause (1) of this article, where the death occurred before the coming into force of
this Constitution, the citizenship that the parent would have had if he or she had died on the coining
into force of this Constitution shall be deemed to be his or her citizenship at the time of his or her
death.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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