47RZ46 - The Prodigal Sons (Citizenship Reinstatement) Amendment

WHEREAS termination of citizenship under Article XVIII, Section 10 of the Organic Law should be viewed as a matter of administrative necessity, and its characterisation as "voluntary renunciation" as mere legal fiction; and

WHEREAS for that reason such terminations should be reluctantly effected, and easily reversed when it is discovered that a former citizen is not lost to us after all; now

THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Ziu, to be ratified by the people in referendum, that the Organic Law, Article XVIII, Section 11, which currently reads:

A Citizen who has voluntarily renounced his citizenship (in any fashion) may go through the normal citizenship procedure to have his citizenship restored. This procedure may also be skipped and full citizenship restored by an act of the Ziu, if it deems that the applicant merits extraordinary consideration.

shall be amended by adding the following sentence:

"The Ziu may also, by statute, establish expedited procedures to reinstate former citizens deemed to have renounced their citizenship under section 10."

BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that, effective upon the ratification of the above amendment, el Lexhatx shall be amended to add the following section to Title E (Immigration):

14. An individual whose citizenship has been terminated solely by effect of Article XVIII, Section 10 of the Organic Law may apply to the Chancery for reinstatement of citizenship by providing the contact information required by section E.2.

14.1. The Secretary of State shall reactivate the citizenship of the individual upon confirming that the individual can be contacted at the same e-mail address previously on file with the Chancery, or otherwise verifying to the Secretary of State's satisfaction the identity of the applicant as a former citizen.

14.2. Reinstatement of citizenship under this section does not require a new grant of citizenship under section E.7, and the reinstated citizen shall be restored to his or her previous province rather than assigned according to the provisions of subsection E.7.1.

Uréu q'estadra så,
Sir Cresti Siervicül (MC-RUMP)