Dual Citizenship

8 | Dual citizenship

Constitution of Zimbabwe (at 13th Feb, 2009)

[Section repealed by section 2 of Act 1 of 1983 - Amendment No. 3]

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8 | Deprivation, refusal and restoration of citizenship

Law Society of Zimbabwe: Model Constitution of Zimbabwe (2010)
  1. No one may be deprived of their citizenship of Zimbabwe arbitrarily or if they would be rendered stateless.
  2. No one may be refused citizenship of Zimbabwe or deprived of citizenship of Zimbabwe solely on the ground that he or she is a citizen of another country.
  3. Anyone who, having been a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth, descent or registration, lost that citizenship at any time between the 18th April, 1980, and the commencement of this Constitution, on the ground that he or she was a citizen of another country, is entitled, on application, to recover his or her citizenship of Zimbabwe.
  4. An Act of Parliament must provide for the procedure by which people can recover their citizenship in terms of subsection (3).
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76 | Powers of Parliament in relation to citizenship

Kariba Draft Constitution

An Act of Parliament may provide for–

  1. the prohibition of dual citizenship;
  2. procedures for the renunciation of citizenship;
  3. the circumstances in which persons qualify for or lose their citizenship by descent or by registration; and
  4. any other matters regarding citizenship.
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