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Grant of Citizenship to Stateless Persons Act (No. 5 of 1986) - Sect 6

Status of persons who are registered under this Act

6.
(1) Every person who is registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka under this Act, shall be entitled to the same rights and be subject to the same obligations and Liabilities, in law as persons registered as citizens of Sri Lanka under any other law in force relating to the registration of persons as such citizens and the provisions of such other law, so far as they relate to the liability to loss or deprivation of citizenship, and the renunciation of citizenship, in the case of persons registered as citizens thereunder, shall apply in like manner and to the same extent in the case of persons who are registered as citizens of Sri Lanka under this Act.
(2) A person who is registered as a citizen of Sri Lanka under this Act.
(a) shall be deemed in law to have renounced all rights to the civil and political status such person has had, or would but for such registration in Sri Lanka, have had, under any law in force in the territory of the origin of such person or such person's parent, ancestor or husband, as the case may be ; and
(b) shall, in all matters relating to or connected with status, personal rights and duties and property in Sri Lanka be subject to the laws of Sri Lanka,


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