Constitutional Law No. 74 / 1946 Coll.
Constitutional law on the granting of citizenship to countrymen returning to their country
Valid
Effective from 29.04.1946
74.
Constitutional Law
of 12 April 1946
on granting citizenship to countrymen returning to their homeland.
The provisional National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic decided on the following constitutional law:
(1) Czechs and Slovaks who are citizens of a foreign state or homeless and who have moved or move to the territory of the Czechoslovak Republic on the basis of a Czechoslovak official resettlement event shall be granted Czechoslovak citizenship if they are requested by 31 December 1950 and if the reasons for the public interest are not particularly clear. The request shall be decided by the Ministry of the Interior. Pending the completion of such an application, the applicant shall be considered to be a Czechoslovak state citizen, provided that the Ministry of the Interior has issued him a certificate of the correct application.
(2) Undivorced wives and minor children shall acquire citizenship together with their spouse, father, illegitimate or widowed mother if they are involved in their application and the Ministry of the Interior does not exclude them from acquisition on the grounds referred to in paragraph 1. The last sentence of paragraph 1 shall apply to them.
(3) General rules apply to the performance of the pledge of allegiance to the Czechoslovak Republic.
(4) If a person under this law has acquired a Czechoslovak citizenship without having acquired home rights in a municipality of the Czechoslovak Republic, he will acquire home rights in a municipality in which he will settle as a regular residence after arriving in the Czechoslovak Republic.
(5) The Ministry of Interior may, by decree, transfer its jurisdiction under this Act to other public authorities.
(1) Czechs, Slovaks and members of other Slavic nations who are citizens of a foreign state or homeless who have moved or moved to the territory of the Czechoslovak Republic after the liberation of this territory from the hostile occupation and in which the conditions of Paragraph 1 are otherwise met may be granted Czechoslovak citizenship if they request them by 31 December 1950 and certify that they have never been punished for a serious offence committed by means of low or dishonest motives, have not sinned against the interests of the Czechoslovak Republic and its leadership policies and have not been subjected to public charity. The application shall be decided by the Ministry of the Interior on a discretionary basis. Pending the completion of such an application, the applicant shall be considered to be a Czechoslovak state citizen, provided that the Ministry of the Interior has issued him a certificate of the correct application.
(2) Paragraph 1 (2) to (5) applies mutatis mutandis.
Documents and official copies for the implementation of this Act shall be exempt from fees and charges for official acts in administrative matters.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication; It shall be implemented by the Home Secretary in agreement with the Ministers involved.
Dr Beneš v. r.
Fierlinger v. r.
Nosek v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Constitutional Act No. 74 / 1946 Coll., on the granting of citizenship to countrymen returning to the country |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 29.04.1946 |
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| Effective from | 29.04.1946 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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