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CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE 198

I. The following provisions shall have effect until a law of citizenship is made incorporating such provisions-

(a)any matter relating to citizenship shall be governed by the provisions of Annex D to the Treaty of Establishment; .

(b)any. person born in Cyprus. on or after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution. shall become on the date of his birth a citizen of the Republic if on that date his father has become a citizen of the Republic or would but for his death have become such a citizen under the; provisions of Annex D to the Treaty of Establishment.

2. For the purposes of this Article "Treaty of Establishiment" ., means the Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus between the Republic, the Kingdom of Greece. the Republic of Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.