Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961, para. 5
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Paragraph text
5. The Contracting State may make the grant of its nationality in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of this article subject to one or more of the following conditions:
(a) That the application is lodged before the applicant reaches an age, being not less than twenty-three years, fixed by the Contracting State;
(b) That the person concerned has habitually resided in the territory of the Contracting State for such period immediately preceding the lodging of the application, not exceeding three years, as may be fixed by that State;
(c) That the person concerned has always been stateless.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
1961
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961), Article 1, 5.