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This Constitution is the supreme law of Barbados and, subject to the
provisions of this Constitution, if any other law is inconsistent with this
Constitutions, this Constitution shall prevail and the other law shall, to the
extent of the inconsistency, be void.
Citizenship
Persons who become citizens on 30th November 1966
2.1
Every
person who, having been born in Barbados, is on 29th November 1966 a citizen of
the United Kingdom and Colonies shall become a citizen of Barbados on 30th
November 1966.
2.2
Every person who, having been born outside Barbados, is on 29th November 1966
a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies shall, if his father becomes or
would but for his death have become a citizen of Barbados in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (1), become a citizen of Barbados on 30th November
1966.
2.3
Any person who on 29th November 1966 is a citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies -
- having become such a citizen under the British Nationality Act 1948(a) by virtue of his having been naturalized in Barbados as subject before that came into force; or
- having become such a citizen by virtue of his having been naturalized or
registered in Barbados under that Act.
shall become a citizen of Barbados on 30th November 1966.
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Person entitled to be registered as citizens
3.1
Any woman who on 29th November 1966 is or has been married to a person -
- who becomes a citizen of Barbados by virtue of section 2; or
- who, having died before 30th November 1966, would but for his death have
become a citizen of Barbados by virtue of that section.
shall be entitled, upon making application, and, if she is a British
protected person or an alien, upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be
registered as a citizen of Barbados.
3.2
Any person who is a Commonwealth citizen (otherwise than by virtue of being a
citizen of Barbados) and who -
- has been ordinarily resident in Barbados continuously for a period of
seven years or more at any time before 30th November 1966; and
- has not, since such period of residence in Barbados and before that date,
been ordinarily resident outside Barbados continuously for a period of seven
years or more.
shall be entitled, upon making application, to be registered as a citizen of
Barbados:
Provided that the right to be registered a s a citizen of Barbados under this
subsection shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be
prescribed in the interests of national security or public
policy.
3.3
Any woman who on 29th November 1966 is or has been married to a person who
subsequently becomes a citizen of Barbados by registration under subsection (2)
shall be entitled, upon making application, and, if she is a British protected
person or an alien, upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a
citizen of Barbados:
Provided that the right to be registered as a citizen of Barbados under this
subsection shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be
prescribed in the interests of national security or public
policy.
3.4
Any application for registration under this section shall be made in such
manner as may be prescribed as respects that application:
Provided that such an application may not be made by a person who has not
attained the age of twenty one years and is not a woman who is or has been
married but shall be made on behalf of that person by a parent or guardian of
that person.
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Persons born in Barbados after 29th November 1966
4
Every person born in Barbados after 29th November 1966 shall become a citizen
of Barbados at the date of his birth:
Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Barbados by virtue of
this section if at the time of his birth -
- his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is
accorded to an envoy of a foreign sovereign state accredited to Her Majesty in
right of Her Government in Barbados and neither of his parents is a citizen of
Barbados; or
- his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in a place then under
occupation by the enemy.
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Persons born outside Barbados after 29th November 1966.
5
A person born outside Barbados after 29th November 1966 shall become a
citizen of Barbados at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a
citizen of Barbados otherwise than by virtue of this section or section
2(2).
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Marriage to citizen of Barbados
6
Any woman who, after 29th November 1966, marries a person who is or becomes a
citizen of Barbados shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as
may be prescribed and, if she is a British protected person or an alien, upon
taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of
Barbados.
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Renunciation of citizenship
7
Any citizen of Barbados who has attained the age of twenty-one years and who
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- is also a citizen or national of any other country; or
- intends to become a citizen or national of any other country, shall be
entitled to renounce his citizenship of Barbados by a declaration made and
registered in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that -
- in the case of a person who is not a citizen or national of any other
country at the date of registration of his declaration of renunciation, if he
does not become such a citizen or national within six months from the date of
registration he shall be, and shall be deemed to have remained, a citizen of
Barbados notwithstanding the making and registration of his declaration of
renunciation; and
- the right of any person to renounce his citizenship of Barbados during any
period when Barbados is engaged in any war shall be subject to such exceptions
or qualifications as any be prescribed in the interests of national security
or public policy.
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Commonwealth citizens
8.1
Every person who under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament is a
citizen of Barbados or under any enactment for the time being in force in any
country to which this section applies is a citizen of that country shall, by
virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth
citizen.
8.2
Every person who is a British subject without citizenship under the British
nationality act 1948, continues to be a British subject under section 2 of that
Act or is a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1965(a) shall, by
virtue of that status, have the status of a Commonwealth
citizen.
8.3
Save as may be otherwise provided by Parliament, the countries to which this
section applies are the United Kingdom and colonies, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cyprus, Sierra
Leone, Tanzania, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Malta,
Zambia, the Gambia, Singapore, Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho and southern
Rhodesia.
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Powers of Parliament
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Parliament may make provision -
- for the acquisition of citizenship of Barbados by persons who do not
become citizens of Barbados by virtue of the provisions of this Chapter; or
- for depriving of his citizenship of Barbados any person who is a citizen
of Barbados otherwise than by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of section 2 or
section 4 o section 5.
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Interpretation
10.1
In this chapter - "alien" means a person who is not a Commonwealth citizen, a
British protected person or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;
"British protected person" means a person who is a British protected person
for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1948;
"prescribed" means prescribed by or under any Act of Parliament.
10.2
Any reference in this Chapter to the father of a person shall, in relation to
any person born out of wedlock other than a person legitimed before 30th
November 1966, be construed as a reference to the mother of that
person.
10.3
For the purposes of this Chapter, a person born aboard a registered ship or
aircraft, or aboard an unregistered ship or aircraft of the government of any
country, shall be deemed to have been born in the palace in which the ship or
aircraft was registered or, as the case may be, in that
country.
10.4
Any reference in this Chapter to the national status of the father of a
person at the time of that person's birth, shall, in relation to a person born
after the death of the father, be construed as a reference to the national
status of the father at the time of the father's death; and where that death
occurred before 30th November 1966 and the birth occurred after 29th November
1966 the national status that the father would have had if he had died on 30th
November 1966 shall be deemed to be his national status at the time of his
death.
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