Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap. 188), article 4

4. (1) Any person who on the day before the appointed day was or had been mar ried to a person - (a) who became a citizen of Malta by virtue of article 3; or (b) who having died before the appointed day would, but for his or her death, have become a citizen of Malta by virtue of that article, shall be entitled upon making an application in such manner as may be prescribed and upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Malta. (2) Any person who on the day before the appointed day was or had been married to a person wh o, on or after the appointed day, became a citizen of Malta shall be entitled upon making an application in such manner as may be prescribed and upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Malta. (3) The provisions of subarticles (1) and (2) shall be without prejudice to the provisions of article 3. (4) Any person who in accordance with article 44(4)( a) or (b) of the Constitution is deemed to be a citizen of Malta for the pur poses of that article, and who has returned to, and taken up permanen t residence in, Malta, shall be entitled, upon making an applicat ion in such manner as may be prescrib ed and upon taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Malta. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, but without prejudice to article 65(3) of Act LVIII of 1974, a pers on shall not be entitled to be regi stered as a citizen of Malta mo re than once under the same provisions of this Act. (6) No person shall be entitled to be registered as a citizen of Malta under subarticles (1) and (2), unless - (a) the Minister is satisfied that the grant of citizenship to such person is not contrary to the public interest; and (b) on the date of the application and on the date of registration, such person is still married to a citizen of Malta and still living with him and had been, on the date of application, so married and living with that citizen for at least five years: Provided that in the case of the widow or widower of a MALTESE CITIZENSHIP [CAP. 188. 5 person who was a citizen of Malta, such citizen had at the time of his death been married to that person and living with him or her for at least five years and was still living with him or her at the time of his death, or who, on the date of application, would but for his death, have been married to that person for five years and was on the date of his death living with that person and had so lived since marriage. Added by: IV . 2000.5. PART II ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSH IP BY BIRTH OR DESCENT Acquisition of citizenship by birth or descent by persons born on or after appointed day. Amended by: X. 2007.3; XV .2020.4; XXI.2025.4.