THE PRESIDENT No. 10/2014/L-CTN | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Hanoi, June 26, 2014 |
ORDER
On the promulgation of law[1]
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to Articles 88 and 91 of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
Pursuant to Article 91 of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly;
Pursuant to Article 57 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents,
PROMULGATES
The Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality,
Which was passed on June 24, 2014, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 7th session.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
TRUONG TAN SANG
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
No. 56/2014/QH13 | |
LAW
Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality[2]
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
The National Assembly promulgates the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of Law No. 24/2008/QH12 on Vietnamese Nationality.
Article 1.
To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Law on Vietnamese Nationality:
1. To amend and supplement Article 13 as follows:
“Article 13. Persons having Vietnamese nationality
1. Persons having Vietnamese nationality include those who have Vietnamese nationality by the effective date of this Law and those who acquire Vietnamese nationality under this Law.
2. Overseas Vietnamese who have not yet lost their Vietnamese nationality as prescribed by Vietnamese law before the effective date of this Law may retain their Vietnamese nationality.
Overseas Vietnamese who have not yet lost their Vietnamese nationality but have no papers proving their Vietnamese nationality according to Article 11 of this Law shall make registration with overseas Vietnamese representative missions to have their Vietnamese nationality determined and to be granted Vietnamese passports.
The Government shall detail this Clause.”
2. To annul Clause 3, Article 26.
Article 2.
This Law takes effect on the date of its promulgation.
This Law was passed on June 24, 2014, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 7th session.-
Chairman of the National Assembly
NGUYEN SINH HUNG
[1]Công Báo Nos 677-678 (15/7/2014) [2]Công Báo Nos 677-678 (15/7/2014)
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