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7 | Citizenship by registration
Constitution of Zimbabwe (at 13th Feb, 2009)
- .…. [Subsection repealed by section 4 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
- Any woman who—
- is, on the appointed day, married to a person who—
- is, on the appointed day, a citizen of Zimbabwe by virtue of the provisions of section 4; or
- after the appointed day but before the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 14) Act, 1996, becomes a citizen of Zimbabwe while the marriage still subsists; [Subparagraph as amended by section 4 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14; date of commencement - 6 December 1996] or
- prior to the appointed day, was married to a person who—
- is, on the appointed day, a citizen of Zimbabwe by virtue of the provisions of section 4; or
- having died before the appointed day, would, but for his death, have been a citizen of Zimbabwe by virtue of the provisions of section 4; or
- on or after the appointed day but before the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 14) Act, 1996, marries a person who is a citizen of Zimbabwe or who becomes a citizen of Zimbabwe while the marriage still subsists; [Paragraph as amended by section 4 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14; date of commencement - 6 December 1996] shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Zimbabwe.
- is, on the appointed day, married to a person who—
- Any person, one of whose parents is a citizen of Zimbabwe at the date of his application, shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Zimbabwe:
Provided that, if the person is not of full age and capacity, the application shall be made on his behalf by his responsible parent or by his guardian or other lawful representative. - A person adopted on or after the appointed day by order made under the law relating to the adoption of children who was not, at the date of the order, a citizen of Zimbabwe shall become a citizen of Zimbabwe on the date of the order if the adopter or, in the case of a joint adoption, the male adopter was, at the date of the order, a citizen of Zimbabwe, and such adopted person shall be regarded as a citizen of Zimbabwe by registration.
- The registration as a citizen of Zimbabwe of a person referred to in subsection (2) or (3) who is of full age shall not be effected unless and until the person has taken and subscribed the oath of loyalty in the form set out in Schedule 1, and such person shall be registered and become a citizen of Zimbabwe by registration on the date he takes and subscribes the oath of loyalty. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
- ... [Subsection repealed by section 4 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
- In subsection (3), “responsible parent”, in relation to a child, means—
- if the father is dead or the mother has been given custody of the child by order of a court or has custody of the child by virtue of the provisions of a law relating to the guardianship of children or the child is born out of wedlock, the mother of the child; [Paragraph as amended by section 15 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
- in any other case, the father of the child.
- For the purposes of this section, a person shall be regarded as—
- of full age if he has attained the age of majority or if, being under that age, he is or has been married; and
- of full capacity if he is not of unsound mind.
