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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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