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Citizenship Act of the Republic of Slovenia (1991) (excerpts related to citizenship) (English)

Citizenship Act of the Republic of Slovenia

Date of Entry into Force:June 1991

[This is an unofficial consolidated translation. The original Act was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia (Uradni List RS), vol. I - No. 1-8/91, 25 June 1991. It included amendment made by the Act Supplementing the Citizenship Act of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 213-11/90-2/24 dated 11 December 1991.]

Table of Contents

I. GENERAL STIPULATIONS

II. OBTAINING OF CITIZENSHIP

III. CEASE OF CITIZENSHIP

IV. COMMON STIPULATIONS

V. THE CITIZENSHIP RECORD KEEPING

VI. TRANSITIONAL STIPULATIONS

VII. FINAL STIPULATIONS

I. GENERAL STIPULATIONS

Article 1

This Act determines manners and conditions for obtaining and cease of citizenship of the Republic of Slovenia.

Article 2

The citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, being as well the citizen of a foreign country, is treated as a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia, while being on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia, unless otherwise stated by an international agreement.