commits the offence of treason and shall, on conviction, be liable
to the penalty prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly for
that offence.
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(2)
All citizens of The Gambia have the right and the duty at all times
to defend this Constitution and, in particular, to resist, to the extent
reasonably justifiable in the circumstances, any person or group of
persons seeking or attempting by any violent or unlawful means to
suspend, overthrow or abrogate this Constitution or any part of it.
(3)
A person who resists the suspension, overthrow or abrogation of
this Constitution as provided in subsection (2), commits no
offence.
in addition to this Constitution, the laws of The Gambia consist of
(a) Acts of the National Assembly made under this Constitution
and subsidiary legislation made under such Acts;
(b) Any orders, Rules, Regulations or other subsidiary legislation
made by a person or authority under a power conferred by this
Constitution or any other law;
(c) The existing laws including all decrees passed by the Armed
Forces Provisional Ruling Council;
(d) The common law and principles of equity;
(e) Customary law so far as concerns members of the communities
to which it applies;
(f) The sharia as regards matters of marriage, divorce and
inheritance among members of the communities to which it
applies.
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CITIZENSHIP
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Every person who, immediately before the coming into force
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of this Constitution, is a citizen of The Gambia, shall, subject to this Constitution
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(a)
(b)
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continue to be a citizen of The Gambia;
retain the same status as a citizen by birth, by descent, by
registration or by naturalisation, as the case may be, as he
or she enjoyed immediately before the coming into force of
this Constitution.
Every person born in The Gambia after the coming into force of
this Constitution shall be presumed to be a citizen of The Gambia
by birth if at the time of his or her birth, one of his or her parents is
a citizen of The Gambia.
a person born outside The Gambia after the coming into force of