Last Change:

06/28/2024

Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control (Amendment) Act (2009)

Year: 2009

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Nationality, Integration & Public Affairs, Documentation

Link to external source: https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2009/5/eng@2009-08-21
Description

An Act to amend the Uganda Citizenship and Immigration Control Act, to provide for dual citizenship; to provide for the board to have a vote of its own; to amend the provisions of the Act relating to the
loss of Uganda citizenship by registration or naturalization; to provide for the offices of state which a person holding dual citizenship is not qualified to hold; to provide for former Ugandans who wish to re-acquire Ugandan citizenship and for related matters.

Selected provisions
Section 9 - Replacement of Section 19 of Principal Act ("Dual Citizenship")

For section 19 of the principal Act, there is substituted the following—
“19. Dual citizenship.

(1) A citizen of Uganda of eighteen years and above who
voluntarily acquires the citizenship of a country other than
Uganda may retain the citizenship of Uganda subject to the
Constitution, this Act and any law enacted by Parliament.

(2) A person who is not a citizen of Uganda may, on
acquiring the citizenship of Uganda, subject to the Constitution,
this Act and any other law enacted by Parliament, retain the
citizenship of another country.