Source document

Nauruan Community Ordinance Amendment Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997)

Parliament of Nauru · Law · 13 Jun 1997 · Nauru

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What the document holds

Nauruan Community Ordinance Amendment Act 1997 (No. 11 of 1997, 6 scanned pages, read by OCR): creates the 'Citizen Investor' category (s. 5(6)-(9)): applicant aged at least 20, of good character and health, investment 'of such form and in such amount as determined by Cabinet' (no amount printed), personal examination by a five-member Nauru Citizen Investment Board (quorum three) that recommends to Cabinet; spouse and minor children eligible; passport on application. Also makes earlier members of the Nauruan Community citizens and covers citizenship for foreign wives of Nauruans (not programme). Clerk's and Speaker's certificates dated 13 June 1997. Creation event already recorded; age and board size added as rules.

What it supports

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About the document

What it covers Created the earlier "Citizen Investor" category and a Nauru Citizen Investment Board (new s. 5(6)-(9)).

Notes Scanned copy from the EUI GLOBALCIT national database; no text layer, quotes are from OCR. Certification date reads 13/6/1997 on the scan. Inner pages carry the running header "Nauruan Community Ordinance Amendment Bill 1997" (page 1 says Act No. 11 of 1997). The OCR mangles s. 5(6)(f); the quote used was checked by eye against PDF p. 4 (printed page 3).

Source id nru-act-11-1997 · accessed 2 Oct 2026