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The Citizenship Act, 1951

( ACT NO. II OF 1951 )

Citizenship by birth
4. Every person born in Bangladesh after the commencement of this Act shall be a citizen of Bangladesh by birth:
 
 
 
 
Provided that a person shall not be such a citizen by virtue of this section if at the time of his birth-
 
 
 
 
(a) his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to an envoy of an external sovereign power accredited in Bangladesh and is not a citizen of Bangladesh ; or
 
 
(b) his father is an enemy alien and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by the enemy.

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