R.A. 2639
Year:
1960
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 18, 1960
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This act amends Section One of Commonwealth Act Numbered Sixty-Three to prevent the loss of Philippine citizenship for natural born Filipino citizens who acquire citizenship from certain Ibero-American countries, provided there is a treaty agreement. It aims to protect the citizenship rights of Filipinos in relation to international citizenship laws.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 2639
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP.
Section 1. Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Sixty-three, as amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred six, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
"The provisions of this section notwithstanding, the acquisition of citizenship by a natural born Filipino citizen from one of the Iberian and any friendly democratic Ibero-American countries shall not produce loss or forfeiture of his Philippine citizenship if the law of that country grants the same privilege to its citizens and such had been agreed upon by treaty between the Philippines and the foreign country from which citizenship is acquired."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1960
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