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The Naturalization Act, 1926

( ACT NO. VII OF 1926 )

Grant of certificate
5. (1) If the Government is satisfied that the applicant is qualified under section 3 for the grant of a certificate of naturalization and is otherwise a fit person for the grant of such
 
 
certificate, it may grant a certificate reciting the qualifications of the applicant for such grant and conferring upon him all the rights, privileges and capacities of naturalization under this Act, except such rights, privileges or capacities, if any, as may specifically be withheld by the certificate.
 
 
(2) Any such certificate may, if the applicant so requests, include the name of any minor child of the applicant, not being by birth a citizen of Bangladesh who was born before the date of the certificate and is for the time being resident in Bangladesh and under the control of the applicant; and shall grant to any child so included all the rights, privileges and capacities of naturalization under this Act, except such rights, privileges or capacities, if any, as may specifically be withheld by the certificate.
 
 
(3) The grant of a certificate of naturalization shall be in the absolute discretion of the Government, and no appeal shall lie from any refusal to grant any such certificate or to include in any such grant any particular right, privilege or capacity.

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