Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap. 188)
Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap. 188), article 9
9. Any person who was at any time a citizen of Malta in terms
of articles 3 or 5 of this Act or in terms of articles 22 or 25 of the
Constitution as in force prior to the coming into force of the
Constitution (Amendment) Act 2000, and resided in any country
outside Malta for an aggregate pe riod of at least six years, ac quired
or retained the citizenship of any other country, shall be deem ed not
to have ever ceased to be a citizen of Malta.
Substituted by:
XXIV . 1989.4.
Renumbered by:
IV . 2000.04.
PART V
CITIZENSHIP BY NATURALISATION
Naturalisation of
aliens or stateless
persons.
Amended by:
XXXI. 1975.2.
Substituted by:
XXIV . 1989.4.
Renumbered by:
IV . 2000.4.
Amended by:
IV . 2000.6;
X. 2007.4;
XV . 2013.3;
XXIV . 2017.2;
XXVI. 2017.2;
XV .2020.6;
XXXVIII.2020.3;
XXI.2025.5.
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