Constitution St-Kitts-Nevis - ICRC

1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution
Page 62 of 106
Persons who become citizens after independence.
91.- The following persons born on or after 19th September 1983 shall become citizens at the date of
their birtha)
every person born in Saint Christopher and Nevis:
Provided that a person shall not become a citizen by virtue of this paragraph if at the time of his
birthi)
neither of his parents is a citizen and either of them passed such immunity from suit and legal
process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Saint Christopher and
Nevis; or
ii) either of his parents is a citizen of a country with which Her Majesty is at war and the birth occurs
in a place then under occupation by that country;
b) every person born outside Saint Christopher and Nevis if at the date of his birth either of his
parents is, or but for death would have become, a citizen employed in service under the Government
or under an authority of the Government that requires him to reside outside Saint Christopher and
Nevis for the proper discharge of his functions.
Registration.
92.- (1) The following person shall, if they do not already possess citizenship, be entitled, upon
making application, to be registered as citizensa)
any person who is married to citizen;
b) any person who, being a Commonwealth citizen, is ordinarily resident in Saint Christopher and
Nevis having been so resident for the period of fourteen years immediately preceding the date of his
application;
c) any person who, having been a citizen, has renounced his citizenship;
d) any person who, but for renunciation of citizenship, would have become a citizen by virtue of
section 90;
e) any person who is married to any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (d);
f) any person whoi)
was married to a person who but for his death would have become a citizen by virtue of section 90;
or
ii) was married to a person who became a citizen by virtue of that section, but whose marriage to that
person has been terminated by dissolution at any time before 19th September 1983 after having
subsisted for at least three years;
g) any person under the age of eighteen years who is the child of a citizen of the child of a person
who is or would but for his death have been entitled to be registered as a citizen under any of the
preceding paragraphs; and
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html
27.09.2005