Liberia: Information on the right to nationality and residence of a person 1) who's father was a Liberian citizen and the mother a Ghanaian; 2) borne in Ghana; 3) who's father had owned a property in Liberia and the property is now own by the person
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LBR8293 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Liberia: Information on the right to nationality and residence of a person 1) who's father was a Liberian citizen and the mother a Ghanaian; 2) borne in Ghana; 3) who's father had owned a property in Liberia and the property is now own by the person, 1 April 1991, LBR8293, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab4e24.html [accessed 17 October 2022] |
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According to the Article 28 of the Liberian Constitution, "any person, at least one of whose parents was at the time of the person's birth a citizen of Liberia, shall be a citizen of Liberia; provided that where such person shall have acquired the citizenship of another country by virtue of having been born in that country or by virtue of one parent being a citizen of another country, that person must, upon attaining the age of eighteen years, renounce any other citizenship so acquired" (Constitutions of the Countries of the World, 1985, 93).
The article 28 further reports that
"such declaration shall be made before a circuit court in Liberia or before a consular officer of the Republic, if made outside Liberia. A failure to make such renunciation within one year after attaining such age shall result in the forfeiture of Liberian citizenship" (Ibid.).
Additional information is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
For further information please find the attached photocopies of the Citizenship Act of the Liberian Constitution.
Bibliography
Blaustein, Albert & Gisbert Flanz, "Liberia", Constitutions of the Countries of the World, Oceana Publications, Inc., New York, 1985.
Attachments
Blaustein, Albert & Gisbert Flanz, "Liberia", Constitutions of the Countries of the World, Oceana Publications, Inc., New York, 1985.
