Decree of the Minister of Foreign Affairs No. 72 / 1962 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on Citizenship of Married Women
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Effective from 04.07.1962
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 7 July 1962
concerning the Convention on Citizenship of Married Women
On 20 February 1957, the Convention on Citizenship of Married Women was negotiated in New York. On 3 September 1957, the New York Convention was signed as the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
The National Assembly gave its assent to the Convention on 23 February 1962 and the President of the Republic ratified it on 8 March 1962. The instrument of ratification was deposited in the United Nations Secretariat on 5 April 1962.
Pursuant to Article 6 (2) of the Convention, the Convention enters into force for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 4 July 1962.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
David v. r.
CONVENTION
on citizenship of married women
Contracting States
Recognising that the differences in legislation and practice in the field of citizenship arise from provisions relating to the loss or acquisition of citizenship by women as a result of marriage, divorce of marriage or change of husband's nationality during marriage,
Recognising that in Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations General Assembly declared that "everyone has the right to citizenship 'and that" no one can arbitrarily be deprived of their citizenship or the right to change citizenship',
trying to work with the United Nations to promote universal respect and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without gender,
agree on the following provisions:
Each Contracting State agrees that neither the conclusion nor divorce of a marriage between its national and a stranger, nor the change of citizenship of a spouse during a marriage can in itself affect the citizenship of women.
Each Contracting State agrees that the voluntary admission of citizenship of another State by one of its members or renunciation by one of its members shall not prevent the spouse of that Member from maintaining his citizenship.
1. Each Contracting State agrees that a stranger married to its national may, at its own request, acquire citizenship of his spouse on the basis of a special priority naturalisation procedure. The grant of such citizenship may be limited in the interests of national security or public order.
2. Each Contracting State agrees that this Convention cannot be interpreted as affecting any law or regulation or the judicial practice which gives a stranger married to one of its members the right to obtain his spouse's citizenship at his own request.
1. This Convention shall be open for signature and ratification by all States - members of the United Nations, as well as by all other States which are or will become members of one of the expert organisations of the United Nations or of participants in the Statute of the International Court of Justice and of all other States to which the United Nations General Assembly has sent an invitation.
2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1. All States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 4 may accede to this Convention.
2. Access shall be effected through the deposit of an instrument of access with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State which ratifies or accedes to the Convention after the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force 90 days after the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession by that State.
1. This Convention shall apply to all non-autonomous, departmental, colonial and other non-metropolitan territories for whose international relations a Contracting State is responsible. The Contracting State concerned shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, designate, when signing, ratifying or accessing non-metropolitan territories to which this Convention will apply as a result of such signature, ratification or accession.
2. Where a non-metropolitan territory does not constitute a whole of a metropolitan area in national civil matters, or where, under the laws or constitutional practice of a Contracting State or of a non-metropolitan territory, it is necessary for the Convention to apply for that territory, the prior consent of the non-metropolitan territory, the Contracting State concerned shall endeavour to obtain the consent of the non-metropolitan territory within 12 months of the date on which it signed the Convention, and shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations thereof as soon as such consent is obtained. From the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary-General, the Convention shall apply to the territories referred to in that notification.
3. Upon expiry of the 12-month period referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the relevant Contracting States shall inform the Secretary-General of the results of consultations with non-metropolitan territories for whose international contacts they are responsible and which have not given their consent to the implementation of this Convention.
1. When signing, ratifying or acceding, each State may make reservations on the articles of this Convention with the exception of Articles 1 and 2.
2. Reservations made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall not affect the binding nature of the Convention between the State which has made the reservations and the other Contracting States, with the exception of the provisions subject to the reservations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall communicate the text of these reservations to all States which are or may become Parties to this Convention. Any State which is or becomes a Party to this Convention may notify the Secretary-General that it does not consider itself bound by the Convention against a State which has made reservations. Such notification shall be made within 90 days of the communication of the Secretary-General and, as regards States Parties to this Convention and within 90 days of the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession as regards States which have subsequently become Parties to this Convention. In the event of such communication, the Convention shall not apply between the State which has submitted such notification and the State which has made the reservations.
3. Any State which has made the reservations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may at any time, upon receipt of the reservations, withdraw them in whole or in part by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for that purpose. This notification shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
1. Any Contracting State may terminate this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The denunciation shall take effect one year after receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.
2. This Convention shall expire on the date of the entry into force of a notification reducing the number of Parties to less than six.
Any dispute between two or more Contracting States concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention which has not been resolved by the way of negotiations shall be brought before the International Court of Justice at the request of one of the Parties in a dispute, unless the Parties consider otherwise.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all Member States of the United Nations and the non-Member States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this Convention on:
(a) the signatures and instruments of ratification deposited in accordance with Article 4;
(b) the instruments of access deposited pursuant to Article 5;
(c) the date on which this Convention enters into force pursuant to Article 6;
(d) communications and notifications received pursuant to Article 8;
(e) notifications of termination received pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 9;
(f) the repeal of the Convention pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 9.
1. This Convention, whose English, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally valid, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall send a certified copy of the Convention to all Member States of the United Nations and to the non-Member States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 4.
To prove this, the signing, duly authorised by their respective governments, signed this Convention, which was opened for signature in New York on 20 February, a thousand and nine hundred and fifty-seven.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No. 72 / 1962 Coll., on the Convention on Citizenship of Married Women |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 28.07.1962 |
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| Effective from | 04.07.1962 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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