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Paragraph 11 Deprivation of citizenship

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(1)

If the Governor-General is satisfied that any citizen of The Bahamas has at any time after 9th July 1973 acquired by registration, naturalisation or other voluntary and formal act (other than marriage) the citizenship of any other country, the Governor-General may by order deprive that person of his citizenship.

(2)

If the Governor-General is satisfied that any citizen of The Bahamas has at any time after 9th July 1973 voluntarily claimed and exercised in any other country any rights available to him under the law of that country, being rights accorded exclusively to its citizens, the Governor-General may by order deprive that person of his citizenship.