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Article 5
1. If the law of a Contracting State entails loss of nationality as a consequence of any change in the
personal status of a person such as marriage, termination of marriage, legitimation, recognition or
adoption, such loss shall be conditional upon possession or acquisition of another nationality.
2. If, under the law of a Contracting State, a child born out of wedlock loses the nationality of that
State in consequence of a recognition of affiliation, he shall be given an opportunity to recover that
nationality by written application to the appropriate authority, and the conditions governing such
application shall not be more rigorous than those laid down in paragraph 2 of article 1 of this
Convention.
Article 6
If the law of a Contracting State provides for loss of its nationality by a person's spouse or children as
a consequence of that person losing or being deprived of that nationality, such loss shall be conditional
upon their possession or acquisition of another nationality.
Article 7
1. ( a ) If the law of a Contracting State entails loss or renunciation of nationality, such renunciation
shall not result in loss of nationality unless the person concerned possesses or acquires another
nationality;
( b ) The provisions of subparagraph ( a ) of this paragraph shall not apply where their application
would be inconsistent with the principles stated in articles 13 and 14 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights approved on 10 December 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
2. A national of a Contracting State who seeks naturalization in a foreign country shall not lose his
nationality unless he acquires or has been accorded assurance of acquiring the nationality of that
foreign country.
3. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 5 of this article, a national of a Contracting State shall
not lose his nationality, so as to become stateless, on the ground of departure, residence abroad,
failure to register or on any similar ground.
4. A naturalized person may lose his nationality on account of residence abroad for a period, not less
than seven consecutive years, specified by the law of the Contracting State concerned if he fails to
declare to the appropriate authority his intention to retain his nationality.
5. In the case of a national of a Contracting State, born outside its territory, the law of that State may
make the retention of its nationality after the expiry of one year from his attaining his majority
conditional upon residence at that time in the territory of the State or registration with the appropriate
authority.
6. Except in the circumstances mentioned in this article, a person shall not lose the nationality of a
Contracting State, if such loss would render him stateless, notwithstanding that such loss is not
expressly prohibited by any other provision of this Convention.
Article 8
1. A Contracting State shall not deprive a person of his nationality if such deprivation would render him
stateless.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, a person may be deprived of the
nationality of a Contracting State: