b.
any other person who has been resident continuously
in Belize for a period of five years (whether before
or after independence) immediately prior to the day
of making application.
20. On and after the day of independence every person born in
Belize shall become a Belizean citizen at the date of his birth
save for children of persons with diplomatic immunity or of
enemy aliens during a period of hostile occupation. Moreover,
a person born of a citizen of Belize, who acquired that citizen-
ship otherwise than by descent, shall become a Belizean citizen
on the date of his birth.
21. Any person who is a Belizean citizen shall forfeit such
citizenship by any voluntary act (other than marriage) by
which he acquires a citizenship other than Belizean.
22. The Constitution will contain a provision enabling the
National Assembly to provide by law for such matters as the
acquisition of citizenship by persons who are not eligible to
become citizens under the Constitution, the deprivation of
citizenship, and the renunciation of citizenship.
PUBLIC OFFICES AND INSTITUTIONS
23. It was agreed that in general and except when indicated
otherwise Belize should retain the institutions and procedures
of the existing democratic system to which Belizeans are
accustomed and which has served Belize well. Therefore, in
elaborating the relevant sections of the Constitution the
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