South African Citizenship Amendment Act 69 of 1997

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69 of 1997

The South African Citizenship Amendment Act 69 of 1997 intends:

to amend the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, so as
to further regulate citizenship by descent;
to further regulate the citizenship of persons who were citizens of any former state by registration;
to empower the Minister of Home Affairs to exempt South African citizens from the deprivation of citizenship when making use of the passport facilities of another country;
to empower the said Minister to grant a certificate of naturalisation in exceptional circumstances to an applicant who does not comply with the requirements relating to residence or ordinary residence in the Republic;
to regulate the resumption of South African citizenship by persons who have lost their citizenship by virtue of the provisions of prior laws;
to empower the said Minister to grant exemption to a person who ceased to be a citizen by virtue of a certain provision of a prior law; and
to effect certain consequential amendments arising from the operation of the said Act; and
to provide for incidental matters.

28 November 1997