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The Citizenship Act, 1951

( ACT NO. II OF 1951 )

Dual citizenship or nationality not permitted
14. (l) Subject to the provisions of this section if any person is a citizen of Bangladesh under the provisions of this Act, and is at the same time a citizen or national of any other country, he shall, unless he makes a declaration according to the laws of that other country renouncing his status as citizen or national thereof, cease to be a citizen of Bangladesh.
 
 
 
 
(1A) Nothing in sub-section (1) applies to a person who has not attained twenty-one years of his age.
 
 
 
 
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to any person who is a subject of an Acceding State so far as concerns his being a subject of that State.

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