LAW No 272/1993 of 12 October 1993 amending Law of the Czech National Council No. 40/1993 Coil., on the acquisition and loss of nationality of the Czech Republic.

The Parliament has passed the folloving Law of the Czech Republic:

Article I

Law of the Czech National Council No. 40/1993 CoIl., on the acquisition and loss of nationality of the Czech Republic, is hereby amended as follows:

In article 2, new sub-paragraph b) shall be inserted, which shall be as follows:

b) adoption (§ 3a)"

Previous sub-paragraphs b) through e) are hereby designated as sub-paragraphs c)

through f).

After article 3, new article 3a is hereby inserted which shall be as follows:

§ 3a

Nationality by adoption

Children at least one parent of whom is a national of the Czech Republic shall acquire nationality of the Czech Republic on the day on which judgement on adoption becomes legally valid."

3. In article 11, sub-paragraph 1 d), the word "irrevocably" is hereby left out.

4. In article 11 paragraph 1, full stop at the end of sub-paragraph e) shall be hereby replaced with the conjunction "or", and new sub-paragraph f) inserted which shall be as follows:

"f) at least one of whose parents is a national of the Czech Republic." 5. In article 14, paragraph 1 sub-paragraph a) shall be as follows: "a) acquired nationality of a foreign state, or"

6. After article 18, new article 18a is hereby inserted which shall be as follows:

§ 18a

Nationals of the Slovak Republic born on its territory prior to 31 December 1939, and whose parents, or at least one of them, as the case may be, were born on the territory of the Czech Republic, or nationals of the Slovak Republic who were or will be not later than in 1993 60 years of age of may opt for nationality of the Czech Republic upon statement made by 31 December 1993, at the district office according to the place of their permanent residence, unless they have already acquired said nationality, provided that they

a) have been continuously residing on the territory of the Czech Republic for at least two years,

b) were not sentenced in the past five years for wilful punishable offence."

7. In article 23, after sub-paragraph 2, new sub-paragraph 3 is hereby inserted which shall be as follows:

,,(3) The court which gave a judgement on adoption of a child, who by this adoption acquired nationality of the Czech Republic upon article 3a, shall notify of this flaw, within 10 working days from the day on which the judgement on adoption became legally valid, the authorized district office according to the place of permanent residence of the child. In cases of children without permanent residence on the territory of the Czech Republic, the Municipal District Office on Prague 1 shall be notified."

Previous sub-paragraph 3 is hereby designated as sub-paragraph 4.

8. After article 27, new article 27a and article 27b are hereby inserted which shall be as follows:

"Temporary provisions

§ 27 a

Applications for nationality of the Czech Republic, lodged by 31 December 1992, shall be solved under regulations valid as of the day of their submission.

§27 b

The Government may extend by regulation the deadlines set in article 18 sub- paragraphs 1 and 2, in article 18a and article 19 sub-paragraph 1 of this law, to June 30, 1994, at the latest."

Article II

This law shall take effect on the day of its promulgation.

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