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Minor children of applicants for registration as citizens of Belize

Cap. 161, s. 13 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where an applicant for registration as a citizen of Belize has any minor child, he may in his application or by subsequent letter make a request for the inclusion of the name of that child in the certificate of registration which may be granted under this Part. (2) Where a request as aforesaid is made by an applicant under section 10 or section 11, the Minister may, subject to the other provisions of this Part, comply with the request if the applicant is registered as a citizen of Belize. (3) Where the Minister is satisfied that an applicant to whom a certificate of registration as a citizen of Belize has been issued under this Act was unable due to any fit and proper cause, at the time of making his application for citizenship, to include the names of his minor children in the application, the Minister may allow the certificate of registration as a citizen of Belize to be amended to include the names of the applicant’s minor children, on such terms and subject to the payment of such fee as the Minister may prescribe. (4) Repealed. not granted

Amended by: 10 of 1998; 2 of 2014; 15 of 1985; 2 of 2014

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Minor children of applicants for registration as citizens of Belize — Cap. 161 s. 13 · Belize Law