Source document
Constitutional Amendment No. 43 (Dual Citizenship) Law 2016
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What the document holds
PacLII text (Wayback capture) of Constitutional Amendment No. 43 (Dual Citizenship) Law 2016, certified 29 Aug 2016: privacy and biometrics (s. 49), dual citizenship (s. 64), citizenship by descent and marriage with 12 months residence in the preceding three years (s. 66), naturalisation of sportspersons and of investors with the resources, capital, commitment and credentials to invest and create employment, exempt from the requirement in s. 67(2)(c) (s. 67(4)-(6)), withdrawal of such citizenship for false representation (s. 70(4)), binding unanimous committee refusals (s. 76(6)); Speaker's certificate of the two votes (3 Nov 2015: 90 for, 0 against of 111 seats; 31 Mar 2016: 91 for, 0 against). Vote counts are parliamentary figures, recorded only in the two vote events, not as observations. No programme amounts.
What it supports
4 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Programmes (1)
Timeline (3)
- Papua New Guinea changes its constitution to naturalise investors29 Aug 2016LaunchPapua New Guinea · Citizenship for investors (minister's discretion)
- Second parliamentary vote on the dual citizenship constitutional amendment31 Mar 2016LegalPapua New Guinea · Citizenship for investors (minister's discretion)
- First parliamentary vote on the dual citizenship constitutional amendment3 Nov 2015LegalPapua New Guinea · Citizenship for investors (minister's discretion)
About the document
What it covers Inserts Constitution s. 67(4)(b): discretionary naturalisation of a person with 'the resources and capital ... to invest in the country's economy'; s. 70(4) cancellation for false representation.
Notes Wayback Machine capture of the PacLII page.
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