ASSK's Burmese Citizenship

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JUST A REMINDER OF THE RELEVANT BURMESE LAW, IN VIEW OF THE REAPPEARENCE OF
THE PERENNIAL RUMOURS THAT THE JUNTA PLANS TO DEPORT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,
WHO HAS NEVER HAD A BRITISH PASSPORT. SEE, IN PARTICULAR, PARAS 15, 16 AND 17


Burma Citizenship Law (Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 4 of 1982)
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3.  Nationals such as the Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine
or Shan and ethnic groups as have settled in any of the territories
included within the State as their permanent home from a period prior to
1185 B.E., 1823 A.D. are Burma citizens.
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7.  The following persons born in or outside the State are also citizens:-

	(a) persons born of parents, both of whom are citizens;

	(b) persons born of parents, one of whom is a citizen and the other an
associate citizen;

	(c) persons born of parents, one of whom is a citizen and  the other a
naturalized                   citizen;
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10. 	In respect of a citizen born outside the State, the parent or guardian
shall have his birth registered in the prescribed manner, within one year
from the date of birth at the Burmese Embassy or Consulate or organization
prescribed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

	Proviso.  If registration is not possible within one year from the date of
birth,                            application may be made by the parent or
guardian, furnishing 		     	               sufficient reasons to the
central body through the Burmese Embassy or
Consulate or organization prescribed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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15. 	(a) A citizen shall not lose his citizenship merely by marriage to a
foreigner;
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16.  A citizen who leaves the State permanently, or who acquired the
citizenship of or registers himself as the citizen of another country, or
who takes out a passport or a similar certificate of another country ceases
to be a citizen.

17.  The citizenship of a citizen by birth shall not be revoked, except in
the case of cessation of citizenship under section 16.  				

[Source: "Working People's Daily" Special Supplement, 16 October 1982]