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COMMONWEALTH
ACT NO. 63
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP MAY BE LOST OR REACQUIRED.
Section 1.
How
citizenship may be lost. - A Filipino citizen may lose his
citizenship
in any of the following ways and/or
(1) By naturalization in a foreign country; (4) By rendering services to, or accepting commission in, the armed forces of a foreign country, and the taking of an oath of allegiance incident thereto, with the consent of the Republic of the Philippines, shall not divest a Filipino of his Philippine citizenship if either of the following circumstances is present:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrarySec. 2. How citizenship may be reacquired. -- Citizenship may be reacquired:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary(a) The Republic of the Philippines has a defensive and/or offensive pact of alliance with the said foreign country; or(5) By cancellation of the certificates of naturalization; (1) By naturalization: Provided, That the applicant possess none of the disqualifications prescribed in section two of Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and twenty-seven.Sec. 3. Procedure incident to reacquisition of Philippine citizenship. - The procedure prescribed for naturalization tinder Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and twenty-seven, as amended, shall apply to the reacquisition of Philippine citizenship by naturalization provided for in the next preceding. section: Provided, That the qualifications and special qualifications prescribed in sections three and four of said. Act shall not be required: And, Provided, further: (1) That the applicant be at least twenty-one years of age and shall have resided in the Philippines at least six months before he applies for naturalization; (2) That he shall have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire. period of his residence in the Philippines, in his relations with. the constituted government as well as with the community in which he is living; andSec. 4. Repatriation shall be effected by merely taking the necessary oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of the Philippines and registration in the proper civil registry. Sec. 5. The Secretary of Justice shall issue the necessary regulations for the proper enforcement of this Act. Naturalization blanks and other blanks required for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be prepared and furnished by the Solicitor General subject to approval of the Secretary of Justice.
Sec. 6. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved:
October 21, 1936.
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